Months went by…
And then one day, an enforcement warrant officer knocked on the client’s door unexpectedly with an Enforcement Warrant approved by the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, in hand. The Enforcement Warrant allowed the warrant officer to seize and sell the client’s property.
The Enforcement Order was able to be obtained from the Court without the client’s knowledge.
As the client was unable to make payment of his outstanding spousal maintenance obligations under the original court order, the warrant officer was able to seize the client’s motor vehicle, firearms, and jewellery and sell them so that the debt accrued for unpaid spousal maintenance could be paid.
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What is an Enforcement Warrant?
An Enforcement Warrant can be sought from the Court without notice to the person that is required to pay monies under a court order. Once obtained, the warrant enables an enforcement warrant officer to help a person (the payee) to enforce the obligation a person has (the payer) to pay money ordered by the Court.
The Warrant enables an enforcement warrant officer to attend upon the payer to seize and sell assets so that the payee receives the monies that were ordered to be paid to them.
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