Saskatchewan government will have more tools to collect child and spousal support payments.
Changes taking effect include:
• Allowing the Maintenance Enforcement Office (MEO) to enforce an order against assets in Saskatchewan owned by a person who owes money, even if that person lives elsewhere.
• Updating the procedure for seizing bank accounts, property and employment income
by mirroring the language used in The Enforcement of Money Judgments Act.
• The MEO can now obtain information about a recipient, including their address from individuals such as family members, employers and the government.
• The courts can now suspend a maintenance order for a period of six months.
Saskatchewan’s MEO has one of the highest collection rates in Canada. In the 2013-14 fiscal year, more than 91 per cent of payments due were collected.
This resulted in a record setting amount of $41.1 million in collections.
