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→Enforcement under the Family Law Act
Once filed in court, these agreements can be enforced under the ''Family Law Act'' in the same way as orders are enforced under the act.
The act has different ways of enforcing orders , that change depending on the subject of the order (or agreement). Where the act provides a way particular way of enforcing an order, the order can be enforced under that ''specific'' enforcement power and by the act's ''extraordinary'' enforcement power. Where the act does not provide a particular way of enforcing an order, the order can be enforced under the act's ''general'' enforcement power and by its ''extraordinary'' enforcement power.
====General enforcement power====
*to post security, usually by paying a sum of money into court,
*to pay the expenses of the other party incurred from the person's breach,
*to pay up to $5,000 to the other party or a child or spouse who was affected by the person's breach, or
*to pay up to $5,000 as a fine.