Under the authority of the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act, 1996 we work to make sure that support payments flow from the person who pays the support (the payor) to the person who receives it (the recipient).

We do this by enforcing:

• support orders made by the Ontario courts, and
• domestic contracts that are filed with the courts.

We can also enforce support orders issued in another province, state or country with which we have an agreement to enforce each other's support orders. (These are called reciprocating agreements.)

If support payments are not made, we have the legal authority to take enforcement action.

We only enforce those parts of an order or agreement dealing with support and extraordinary expenses.

We do not become involved in child custody or access issues.