BILL NO. 54

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
56 Elizabeth II, 2007

Private Member's Bill

Maintenance Enforcement Act
(amended)

Bill Estabrooks
Timberlea-Prospect

First Reading: November 30, 2007

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading: December 10, 2007

Third Reading: December 13, 2007 (WITH COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS) (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)

This Bill requires the court to provide information to the Director of Maintenance Enforcement for the purpose of enforcing a maintenance order.

1 Chapter 6 of the Acts of 1994-95, the Maintenance Enforcement Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 31 the following Section:

31A Upon the request of the Director, a court shall provide to the Director, for the purpose of enforcing a maintenance order or of obtaining information for a person performing similar functions in another jurisdiction, such information in the possession of the court as, in the opinion of the Director, may assist in the enforcement of the maintenance order or obtaining of information.