Garnishment
Requiring anyone who owes the payor money to send all or part of it directly to BCFMA for the recipient. Another term for Attachment….
InfoLine
BCFMA‘s automated telephone system available 24 hours a day, seven days a week….
Motor Vehicle Licence Restriction
Instructing ICBC to refuse to issue or renew the annual licence for the payor’s vehicle or trailer – without a vehicle licence, the payor cannot purchase insurance….
Notice of Attachment
A legal document requiring an individual, a company or financial institution who owes the payor money to send all or a part of that money to the BCFMA….
Payor
The person paying support, also known as the debtor….
Warrant of Execution
Applying to court to authorize the sheriff or bailiff to seize the payor’s personal property, such as a car or boat, and selling it to help pay off the arrears….
Voluntary Payment Arrangement
A plan developed between the payor and BCFMA in which the payor agrees to pay a set amount for a period of time towards ongoing support payment and/or any arrears….
Application to Change or Vary
An application made to the court to change the terms of a support order or agreement….
Arrears
Unpaid support payments….
Attachee
An individual, a company or financial institution named in a Notice of Attachment.