Support-Payment Collection Program

Support is an amount paid periodically, pursuant to a judgment generally handed down in Québec, to cover the essential needs of children or of the creditor. Such needs include:

• food 
• housing 
• heating 
• clothing
• education

Scope of the support-payment collection program

The support-payment collection program applies to all cases:

• judgments rendered on or after December 1, 1995, that award support for the first time 
• judgments rendered before December 1, 1995, on request

Our role consists of:

• collecting support payments from the debtor 
• providing the support payments to the creditor

Only a court can:

• change the terms of a judgment
• modify the amount of support established in a judgment

If you are unable to make your support payments because your situation has changed, you must obtain a new judgment.

Other sources of information

You can find information on support payments on the Ministère de la Justice website as well as on the Services Québec website (When a Couple Separates section).