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      If your order or agreement is not registered with the MEP, you can apply to the courts for enforcement of your order under the Maintenance Enforcement Act, but you will be responsible for taking any action required to enforce the order made by the court. If you have an order for maintenance from the Supreme Court, you can file an application in court for an execution order. You will also need to file a sworn statement saying that the maintenance is in arrears. You can also apply to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court for a contempt order. Before you do this you should speak with a lawyer.

       A - Yes. Court orders to be enforced in all the provinces, the United States and also in several other countries. Orders made in these places can be enforced in Nova Scotia. Sometimes people ordered to pay maintenance will disappear and you may not know where to find them. The provincial and federal governments have sources that may help to locate persons who are not paying court-ordered support. If you are registered with MEP, they will use these sources to attempt to locate the payer.

      Keeping in mind that law society requirements vary from province to province, the Law Society of British Columbia suggests that lawyers notify each client in writing. We also suggest a newspaper notice advising the clients to contact the lawyer to obtain their open or closed files and original papers and, of course, valuables, wills, and funds in trust. There are a number of things that the client should be getting from the lawyer,” says Barbara Buchanan, practice advisor with Law Society of British Columbia.

      After receiving his law degree from the University of Manitoba in 1999, Rolston worked as a defence lawyer until being appointed to the judiciary. He has also been an independent prosecutor on behalf of the province of Manitoba and an agent prosecutor with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada. Rolston has also had experience presiding over appeals as deputy chief commissioner of the Residential Tenancies Commission. He has acted as a judge at mock trials for law students and regularly speaks to legal associations and students.

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