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Table 21
Number and type of enforcement actions for maintenance
enforcement cases administered, 2007/2008
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| Enforcement actions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Edward Island 1 | Nova Scotia 1 | Saskat- chewan |
Alberta 1 | British Columbia | Yukon 1 | Northwest Territories 1 | |
| number | |||||||
| Administrative enforcement action | |||||||
| Demand for payment | 69 | 3,087 | 51 | … | 28,125 | … | … |
| Demand for information | .. | 639 | 4,185 | 20,709 | 327 | 579 | 0 |
| Maintenance enforcement program trace | .. | 357 | 3,210 | 31,632 | 51,807 | 87 | .. |
| Jurisdictional garnishment and attachment | 366 | 1,986 | 2,193 | 53,871 | 35,517 | 201 | 330 |
| Voluntary payment arrangement | 6 | 51 | 0 | 7,605 | 3,033 | 3 | … |
| Credit Bureau reporting | 0 | … | 0 | 1,656 | 6,774 | 45 | 0 |
| Land registration | 0 | 0 | 549 | 336 | 3,144 | 3 | 0 |
| Personal property lien | .. | .. | 0 | 5,871 | 2,970 | 3 | .. |
| Motor vehicle licence intervention | 39 | 168 | 411 | 20,616 | 3,141 | 27 | … |
| Writ of execution | 6 | .. | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| Collection calls | .. | .. | 0 | .. | 0 | .. | .. |
| Examination of payor | 138 | 99 | 0 | .. | 0 | .. | .. |
| Other administrative enforcement actions | 3,306 | 36 | 0 | 72 | 14,136 | 171 | 18 |
| Subtotal | 3,930 | 6,423 | 10,620 | 142,371 | 148,974 | 1,119 | 420 |
| Administrative action under federal legislation | |||||||
| Federal trace (FOAEAA 3-Part I) | 9 | .. | 0 | 10,119 | 0 | 21 | .. |
| Interception of federal funds (FOAEAA 3-Part II) | 375 | 1,917 | 1,386 | 10,842 | 7,965 | 108 | 87 |
| Federal licence suspension (FOAEAA 3-Part III) | 3 | .. | 0 | 7,431 | 2,664 | 33 | 18 |
| Federal garnishment (GAPDA 4) | 9 | 33 | 3 | 72 | 39 | 0 | .. |
| Subtotal | 396 | 1,950 | 1,389 | 28,464 | 10,668 | 162 | 105 |
| Total administrative actions | 4,326 | 8,373 | 12,009 | 170,835 | 159,642 | 1,281 | 525 |
| Court enforcement | |||||||
| Default hearing | 342 | .. | 108 | .. | 486 | 0 | 0 |
| Committal hearing | … | … | 0 | … | 159 | … | 0 |
| Other court enforcement activities 2 | 36 | .. | 0 | .. | 1,809 | 0 | 3 |
| Total court enforcement actions | 378 | .. | 108 | .. | 2,454 | 0 | 3 |
| percent | |||||||
| Administrative enforcement action | |||||||
| Demand for payment | 2 | 28 | 0 | … | 18 | … | … |
| Demand for information | .. | 9 | 35 | 12 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| Maintenance enforcement plan trace | .. | 3 | 27 | 19 | 32 | 7 | .. |
| Jurisdictional garnishment and attachment | 8 | 25 | 18 | 32 | 22 | 16 | 63 |
| Voluntary payment arrangement | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | … |
| Credit Bureau reporting | 0 | … | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Land registration | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Personal property lien | .. | .. | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .. |
| Motor vehicle licence intervention | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | … |
| Writ of execution | 0 | .. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Collection calls | .. | .. | 0 | .. | 0 | .. | .. |
| Examination of payor | 3 | 2 | 0 | .. | 0 | .. | .. |
| Other administrative enforcement actions | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 3 |
| Subtotal | 91 | 72 | 88 | 83 | 93 | 87 | 80 |
| Administrative action under federal legislation | |||||||
| Federal trace (FOAEAA 3-Part I) | 0 | .. | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .. |
| Interception of federal funds (FOAEAA 3-Part II) | 9 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| Federal licence suspension (FOAEAA 3-Part III) | 0 | .. | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Federal garnishment (GAPDA 4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .. |
| Subtotal | 9 | 28 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| Total administrative actions | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Court enforcement | |||||||
| Default hearing | 90 | .. | 100 | .. | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Committal hearing | … | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | … |
| Other court enforcement activities 2 | 10 | .. | 0 | .. | 79 | 0 | 100 |
| Total court enforcement actions | 100 | .. | 100 | .. | 100 | 0 | 100 |
Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Alberta,
Yukon and the Northwest Territories report detailed microdata through the
Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs. The other jurisdictions in the
table report aggregate data through the Maintenance Enforcement Survey.
Other kinds of court enforcement activity include
execution orders, registering an order against personal property, appointing
a receiver, order to provide information, issuing a warrant for arrest, appointing
a trustee in bankruptcy, and issuing writs for seizure and sale.
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement
Assistance Act.
Garnishment, Attachment, and Pension Diversion
Act.
Note(s):
Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Interjurisdictional
support order-out cases are excluded. Cases administered includes all cases
registered for at least part of the year, i.e., cases enrolled and cases terminated.
More than one action may be associated with the same case.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Maintenance
Enforcement Survey and Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs.
