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MEP – Forms

Download forms for managing participation in and payments through the Maintenance Enforcement Program (MEP).

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Forms

  • Recipient of support (creditor)

    Change Enforceable Payment Due Date – Used by the creditor to ask the Maintenance Enforcement Program (MEP) to accept the debtor's payments on a date later than the due date set out in the court order.

    Child Status Report – This form provides information to MEP about a child’s status to confirm their eligibility for maintenance.

    Child Status Report – Instructions – These instructions will help you complete the Child Status Report form.

    Client Authorization of Third Party – This form is used by a client to authorize another person to receive information about their MEP file.

    Creditor Direct Deposit – This form gives MEP permission to deposit funds directly into a creditor’s bank account. Please attach with this form a copy of a void cheque OR bank account information from the bank/financial institution with a bank stamp.

    You can send this form by email to MEP. There is a small risk with email because it is possible the message can be misdirected or intercepted. If you send us the form by email, you are agreeing to accept this risk.

    Email [email protected] and include:

    • your MEP file number
    • your PIN – so we can verify your identity
    • the completed form as an attachment

    MEP staff will call you to verify the banking information before they process the form.

    Registration Request – Maintenance Enforcement Program – Use this form to request registration with MEP for collection of court-ordered child, spousal and partner support payments.

    Affidavit of Arrears – This form is used to claim arrears. This is required if you wish to register with MEP and the debtor has missed payments in the past.

    Calculation of Arrears Worksheet – This form is used to break down individual past-due charges and payments made in a specified time period. This is required if you wish to register with MEP.

    Section 7 Expenses Agreement – This form is used to make an agreement to clarify the types of section 7 expenses to be shared. This form is needed for MEP to enforce expenses if the court order requires the parties to pay a percentage or proportionate share of expenses for the children, but does not specifically detail which expenses are to be shared. To learn more read the new information about Section 7 Expenses.

    Section 7 Expenses Information and Report – This package provides information for clients about how MEP administers Section 7 expenses. The package also includes the form that clients need to use, to submit Section 7 expenses to MEP for reimbursement by the other party. This package was updated according to changes made to MEP's procedures regarding Section 7 Expenses.

    Substitutional Service Request Form – This form is used to request that MEP serve court documents relating to any legal matter if both things are true:

    1. The respondent is registered with the MEP.
    2. The MEP has an address for service for the respondent.

    Lost Cheque Statutory Declaration – This form is used by clients to request a replacement cheque from MEP because they have either lost or not received the original cheque.

    Maintenance Enforcement Support Agreement – This form is used to make an agreement for child support, spousal support (for married couples), adult interdependent partner support, or to change the terms of an existing Maintenance Enforcement Support Agreement. MEP can enforce certain maintenance agreements made between parties.

    Maintenance Enforcement Support Agreement – Instructions – These instructions will help you complete the Maintenance Enforcement Support Agreement form.

    Renewal of Interest – This form is used by creditors who previously did not wish to have interest charged and collected on their file, but who now wish for MEP to collect interest on their behalf.

    Request to Lower the Amount of Maintenance or Arrears Collected – This form is used by creditors to request that MEP collect a lower amount of maintenance or arrears than that in their maintenance order or agreement.

    Withdrawal request – Only the party who asked to be registered with the Maintenance Enforcement Program can request to withdraw from the program.

  • Payor of support (debtor)

    Affidavit of Arrears – This form is used to claim arrears and is required if you wish to register with Maintenance Enforcement Program (MEP) and have missed payments in the past.

    Authorized Bank Withdrawal – A debtor, also known as a payor, can use this form to make a payment or payments directly from their account at a Canadian financial institution.

    The debtor must be the account holder or named as one of the holders if it is a joint account.

    The payment can be:

    • from a chequing account or a savings account
    • a one-time payment or recurring scheduled payments

    To verify the account information on the form, do one of these things:

    • attach a void cheque from a Canadian financial institution
    • get the form stamped at the Canadian financial institution

    You can send this form by email to MEP. There is a small risk with email because it is possible the message can be misdirected or intercepted. If you send us the form by email, you are agreeing to accept this risk.

    Email [email protected] and include:

    • your MEP file number
    • your PIN – so we can verify your identity
    • the completed form as an attachment – be sure the Terms and Conditions on page 2 of the form are included

    Calculation of Arrears Worksheet – This form is used to break down individual payments, made or missed, by a debtor. This is required if you wish to register as a debtor with the MEP.

    Client Authorization of Third Party – This form is used by a client to authorize another person to receive information about their MEP file.

    Registration Request – Maintenance Enforcement Program – Use this form to request registration with MEP for collection of court-ordered child, spousal and partner support payments.

    Debtor Voluntary Pay Deduction – This form is used to have your employer automatically deduct payments from your paycheque.

    Maintenance Enforcement Support Agreement – This form is used to make an agreement for child support, spousal support (for married couples), adult interdependent partner support, or to change the terms of an existing Maintenance Enforcement Support Agreement. MEP can enforce certain maintenance agreements made between parties.

    Maintenance Enforcement Support Agreement – Instructions – These instructions will help you complete the Maintenance Enforcement Support Agreement form.

    Refund to Debtor by Direct Deposit – This form is used to authorize MEP to deposit refund payments directly into the debtor's bank account.

    Section 7 Expenses Agreement – This form is used to make an agreement to clarify the types of section 7 expenses to be shared. This form is needed for MEP to enforce expenses if the court order requires the parties to pay a percentage or proportionate share of expenses for the children, but does not specifically detail which expenses are to be shared. To learn more read the new information about Section 7 Expenses.

    Section 7 Expenses Information and Report This package provides information for clients about how MEP administers Section 7 expenses. The package also includes the form that clients need to use, to submit Section 7 expenses to MEP for reimbursement by the other party. This package was updated according to changes made to MEP's procedures regarding Section 7 Expenses.

    Substitutional Service Request Form – This form is used to request that MEP serve court documents relating to any legal matter if both things are true:

    1. The respondent is registered with the MEP.
    2. The MEP has an address for service for the respondent.

    Statement of Finances – MEP may require a payor to complete a Statement of Finances form:

    • if the payor has not been making payments required by a court order or agreement
    • this form is used to make a fair and reasonable payment arrangement to clear the payor’s arrears

    Withdrawal Request – Only the party who asked to be registered with the Maintenance Enforcement Program can request to withdraw from the program.

  • Employer of a payor (debtor)

    Calculation of Payment Worksheet – This form is used by an employer to calculate the amounts to be paid to the Maintenance Enforcement Program (MEP) under a Support Deduction Notice (SDN).

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