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When a term of an agreement is breached, the other party is entitled to take steps to make the breaching party comply with their obligations under the agreement. This is called ''enforcing'' the agreement. How a separation agreement is enforced depends largely on which particular term of the agreement has been breached. Some terms, like those dealing with child support, are fairly easy to enforce. Other terms, like those dealing with the allocation of parental responsibilities, can be much harder to deal with.
The ''[[Divorce Act]]'' doesn't talk about enforcing family law agreements. Sections 7.3 and 7.7 encourage people to resolve family law disputes outside of court if they can, but the act doesn't give the court any tools to enforce the agreements that may result from resolving a dispute out of court.
===Enforcement under the ''Family Law Act''===