What Happens If You Breach a Family Court Order?

Episode 77

People engaged in Family Court litigation often express enormous frustration when their former spouses breach Family Court Orders. Those breaches can mean the kids don’t have a relationship with a parent, can cause financial hardship, or, can drag family court proceedings to a standstill meaning nothing gets finished or finalized. Judges repeatedly say that a court order is NOT a suggestion. But are there really any consequences for breaching a Family Court Order?

In this episode of the Ontario Family Law Podcast, Certified Specialist in Family Law, John Schuman, goes over the consequences for breaching the various types of Family Court Orders. The consequences for breaching a court order for child or spousals support are different from breaching a parenting (child custody) order. There can be serious consequences for breaching a restraining order, while enforcing a court order for payment of money that is not support can be tricky. Failing to provide court ordered disclosure can have serious consequences. Judges can be more “enthusiastic” about enforcing some types of orders over others. So, this episode covers what enforcement tools are available, and what enforcement tools are likely to be used, for each type of Order. This is very important information for everyone with a case in Ontario Family Court because people usually go to court to force someone else to do something, so understanding how a court will, or will not, do that is important when making decisions about court.

If you found this episode helpful, check out these other episodes on similar topics:

75 - When Can You Legally Stop Your Ex from Seeing the Kids? (   • What Legal Reasons Are There for Keeping t...  )
66 - How to Change Child Support (   • How to Change Child Support  )
60 - Should You Take Your Ex to Family Court? (   • Should You Take Your Ex to Family Court?  )
59 - Why You Won’t Get Custody of Your Kids (   • Why You Won't Get Custody of Your Kids  )
53 - How to Pay Less Child Support (   • How to Pay Less Child Support  )
40 - How to Keep Your Money in Separation and Divorce (   • How to Keep Your Money in Separation and D...  )
34 - Disclosure in Family Law Cases (http://www.schumanlaw.ca/ontario-fami...)
13 - Spousal Support in Ontario and Canada (http://www.schumanlaw.ca/ontario-fami...)
10 - Child Support in Ontario/Canada - Who Pays and How Much? (http://www.schumanlaw.ca/ontario-fami...)

TO CONTACT JOHN SCHUMAN:
website: www.schumanlaw.ca
email: [email protected]
phone: 647-342-6775

The Ontario Family Law Podcast is a companion to the book, Guide to the Basics of Ontario Family Law, which is available as a $9.99 Kindle eBook, Kobo eBook, or iBook for your iPad or iPhone and as a paperback from Amazon and better bookstores. Get it here: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CN8WWYHD