Making an application

If you live in B.C., you can apply for a support order or apply to change an existing support order in the place where the other party lives without having to go there. It works the other way around too. If you live outside of B.C., you can apply for an order in B.C. without having to come here.

This process may be available if you and the other party live in jurisdictions that have a formal arrangement regarding support matters. B.C. has formal arrangements with all Canadian provinces and territories, the United States and several foreign countries under:

• the Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act (“ISO”)
• the Divorce Act
• 2007 Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance (“2007 Hague Convention”)

Find all the jurisdictions that B.C. can work together with here

• Interjurisdictional Support Orders Regulation (referred to as “reciprocating jurisdictions”)
• Hague Conference #38 Status Table (referred to as “contracting parties”)

To get started on an application, please choose your forms.