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====Canadian child support orders====
Section 20(2) of the ''[[Divorce Act]]'' says that an order under the act has legal effect throughout Canada. Section 20(3) also says that such orders may be filed in the courts of any province and be enforced as if it there were an as order of the courts of that province. In other words, if your divorce order was made in New Brunswick and contains a term requiring that child support be paid, you can file that order in the Supreme Court of British Columbia and it will have the same effect and be enforceable here, just as if it were an order of the courts of British Columbia.
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.