How are support orders enforced?
The Family Responsibility Office (FRO) is a government agency that enforces both child and spousal support orders.
The FRO can take money from the pay or wages of the person paying support if they have a job with regular paycheques. The FRO can also collect money from bank accounts and tax returns. It can suspend a person’s driver’s licence or passport if they are not paying support.
The FRO posts information at goodparentspay.com about people who have not paid support for more than 6 months. They do this if they cannot find the person.
For more information about enforcing a support order, go to ontario.ca/page/paying-and-receiving-child-andspousal-support. Or call the FRO at 1-800-267-4330 or 416-326-1817 in Toronto. The TTY number is 1-866-545-0083.
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