What happens when your ex won't follow through with the separation agreement Part 1

Suppose your ex spouse agreed to pay you support after mediation or negotiation, but they have not done so for months ("default"). What can you do?
Join Laura Tarcea and Eva DiGiammarino from Family Mediation Group to find out when your ex-partner has defaulted on their obligations.
Timemark
1:30 What does the separation agreement say about default?
3:50 Get legal advice on interpreting the separation agreement: is the other side really defaulting?
5:35 Applying to the Family Responsiblity Office
7:00 Can the FRO enforce non-monetary orders?
9:30 What if my ex partner does not take the separation agreement seriously? (Eg. I do not trust my partner to follow through with the agreement.) Eva talks about how default occurs more often to court orders than to terms from a mutually agreed upon separation agreement.
13:20. Can you go to court to enforce the terms of the agreement if your ex partner refuses to follow through, having exhausted all the pathways for dispute resolution provided for by the separation agreement?
Laura and Eva are with Family Mediation Group
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Caselaw on Enforcing Minutes of Settlement
Bisnath v Bisnath, 2024 ONSC 732 (CanLII), canlii.ca/t/k2ngc
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