The provincial government today introduced new legislation to replace the Limitation Act. The proposed legislation, Bill 34, will tidy up a lot of the complexities of the current act and, along the way, repeal the limitation period presently governing actions for the enforcement of arrears of child support and spousal support.
Under ss. 3(1) and 46 of the new legislation, no limitation will apply to claims for arrears accumulating under a court order, or under an agreement filed in court pursuant to ss. 121 or 122 of the Family Relations Act or ss. 148 or 163 of the Family Law Act; once arrears have accumulated, they can always be enforced. Payors beware!
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