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===Orders made outside British Columbia===
It's a little harder to enforce orders for child support that are made elsewhere against payors living in CanadaBritish Columbia because the recipient needs the help of the British Columbia courts to collect against against a British Columbia resident. However, both the federal ''Divorce Act'' and the provincial ''Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act'' have special processes that can help.
====Canadian child support orders====
Child support orders that are made under the legislation of another province can be filed for enforcement in British Columbia under sections 17 and 18 of the ''[http://canlii.ca/t/84l3 Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act]''. In this process, the recipient provides a copy of the order to the Reciprocals Office in their province, which then sends the order to the [http://www.isoforms.bc.ca British Columbia Reciprocals Office]. The Reciprocals Office here then files the order in court, and, once filed the order has the same effect as an order of the courts of British Columbia.
You can find more information about enforcing orders generally in the chapter [[Resolving Family Law Problems in Court]] under the section [[Enforcing Orders in Family Matters]].
====Orders made outside of Canada====
See the [http://canlii.ca/t/84vn Interjurisdictional Support Orders Regulation] for the current list.
The same sort of process is also available under section 19.1 of the ''Divorce Act'', and the same countries that have agreements with British Columbia for the ''Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act'' also have agreements with Canada about the enforcement of child support orders. You can find more information about enforcing orders in the chapter [[Resolving Family Law Problems in Court]] under the section [[Enforcing Orders in Family Matters]].
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