Rule 34.24 Enforcement of payments under registered orders

(1)

This rule applies where a court has ordered periodical payments under a registered maintenance order to be made to the court F1... .

(2)

The court officer must take reasonable steps to notify the payee of the means of enforcement available.

(3)

Paragraph (4) applies where periodical payments due under a registered order are in arrears.

(4)

The court officer, on that officer's own initiative—

(a)

may; or

(b)

if the sums due are more than 4 weeks in arrears, must,

proceed in that officer's own name for the recovery of the sums due unless of the view that it is unreasonable to do so.

Annotations

F1: Word in rule 34.24(1) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of The Family Procedure (Amendment No.3) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/3204), rules 1, 120 (with rule 137); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2