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| link = [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/global/search?k=child%20support child support]''' and<br/>'''[http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/global/search?k=Family+Maintenance+Enforcement&f=Family+law Family Maintenance Enforcement] | | link = [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/global/search?k=child%20support child support]''' and<br/>'''[http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/global/search?k=Family+Maintenance+Enforcement&f=Family+law Family Maintenance Enforcement] | ||
}} | }}When a person who is obliged to pay child support fails to meet some or all of that obligation, a debt begins to accumulate and the amount owing is called the payor's ''arrears'' of child support. | ||
When a person who is obliged to pay child support fails to meet some or all of that obligation, a debt begins to accumulate and the amount owing is called the payor's | |||
People generally have two different goals when arrears begin to mount up: the person responsible for paying support likely wants the court to reduce or cancel the arrears, while the person receiving the support will want the court to force the payor to pay what's owing. | People generally have two different goals when arrears begin to mount up: the person responsible for paying support likely wants the court to reduce or cancel the arrears, while the person receiving the support will want the court to force the payor to pay what's owing. | ||
