Difference between revisions of "Child Support"

If you are applying for social assistance or are receiving social assistance in British Columbia, you are required to sign a form that allows the government agency responsible for social assistance to take whatever steps are required to collect any child support payments you may be entitled to and keep the child support it collects. This is called ''assigning'' your child support rights. You may be allowed to keep a portion of the child support that the government collects in addition to your social assistance payments. Your case worker will tell you how much.

The collection of child support payments for people on social assistance is run by the [http://www.eia.gov.bc.ca/publicat/bcea/fmp.htm Family Maintenance Program] (FMP). (This is a different organization than the Family Maintenance Enforcement Program, which enforces child support payments between parents.) FMP has the authority to pursue child support however it sees fit and can apply for orders or apply to vary child support orders on your behalf. You will be required to cooperate with FMP's actions, but they will be responsible for managing any court applications they begin.