{"id":46698,"date":"2012-04-24T20:31:41","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T00:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications\/spousalsupport\/how-spousal-support-enforced"},"modified":"2022-10-14T15:31:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T19:31:25","slug":"how-spousal-support-enforced","status":"publish","type":"publications-page","link":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications-page\/how-spousal-support-enforced","title":{"rendered":"How is spousal support enforced?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Family Responsibility Office<\/strong> (FRO) is a government agency that can enforce support payments that are in a:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>written agreement filed with the court<\/li>\n<li>court order<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This means that FRO collects support directly from the payor partner and pays that amount to the recipient partner.<\/p>\n<p>FRO has different ways to collect unpaid support from the payor. 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