Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Enforcement of Maintenance Orders
88. Purpose and scope of conciliation session, etc.
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An MEO may conduct a conciliation session on one or more dates with an applicant and a respondent (called in this section the parties) for the purpose of facilitating an agreement between the parties on any issue concerning a maintenance enforcement application.
MEO
“maintenance enforcement officer” or “MEO” means an individual appointed under section 77(1), and includes the chief maintenance enforcement officer or “Chief MEO”;
Without limiting subsection (1), an MEO conducting the conciliation session may make recommendations to the parties as to how to resolve any dispute between them on any issue concerning the application.
If the respondent has been absent from a conciliation session on any date fixed for the session, the court may direct the respondent to attend the conciliation session on a later date specified by the court.
respondent
“respondent”, in relation to a maintenance order or a maintenance enforcement application in respect of a maintenance order, means the person liable to make payments under the maintenance order;