What if support is not paid?

As creditor, you can obtain the recovery of arrears of maintenance fixed by a court order, if your debtor does not pay or improperly pay support.

You have several ways to get this payment:

• entrust recovery to the Caf (or MSA).. It is possible to initiate this procedure as from 1^to unpaid or 1^to partial payment. The Caf or the MSA takes care of recovering maintenance unpaid up to 2 years.
• or commit direct payment procedure by appealing to a judicial officer. It is possible to initiate this procedure as from 1^to unpaid or 1^to partial payment. This procedure covers unpaid maintenance payments in the future and those dating from 6 months or less.
• or request a judge wage attachment by application to the court registry.
• or obtain bank account entry or foreclosure by appealing to a judicial officer.
• or entrust collections to the public purse, after one of the previous procedures has failed.

The limitation period for an action for payment of maintenance arrears is 5 years.