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====Other orders made outside British Columbia==== | ====Other orders made outside British Columbia==== | ||
Where a support order was made under the law of another province or territory, the order can be ''registered'' in the courts of British Columbia under the provincial ''[http://canlii.ca/t/84l3 Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act]'' | Where a support order was made under the law of another province or territory, the order can be ''registered'' in the courts of British Columbia under the provincial ''[http://canlii.ca/t/84l3 Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act]''. Once this is done that newly "registered" order can be enforced as if it was a British Columbia order by the person to whom the payments are owed, the ''recipient'', under the ''[[Family Law Act]]'', or by the recipient and the Family Maintenance Enforcement Program under the ''[http://canlii.ca/t/840m Family Maintenance Enforcement Act]''. | ||
The ''Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act'' also allows for someone in British Columbia to start a process that could result in the order being changed, either by the court that made the original order or by a new court in the jurisdiction where the other parent now lives. In addition to Canada's other provinces and territories, the ''Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act'' also applies to the orders of some other countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. | The ''Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act'' also allows for someone in British Columbia to start a process that could result in the order being changed, either by the court that made the original order or by a new court in the jurisdiction where the other parent now lives. In addition to Canada's other provinces and territories, the ''Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act'' also applies to the orders of some other countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. | ||
