The Family Responsibility Office is (FRO) is mandated under the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act, 1996 to enforce support orders, support deduction orders, domestic contracts and paternity agreements filed with it, and to pay the support monies collected to support recipients.
The FRO has exclusive jurisdiction to enforce support orders filed with it and may commence and conduct enforcement proceedings for this purpose. The FRO deals only with enforcement and is not involved in payor motions to change, or other entitlement issues. You only need to serve the FRO when enforcement relief is being requested or in response to an enforcement proceeding commenced by the FRO.
You can serve the FRO in one of two ways:
- By fax or mail to:
Legal Services
Family Responsibility Office
Ministry of Community and Social Services
P.O. Box 220
1201 Wilson Avenue
Toronto ON M3M 3A3
- By courier to:
Legal Services
Family Responsibility Office
Ministry of Community and Social Services
1201 Wilson Avenue
5th Floor
Toronto ON M3M 1J8
Fact Sheets
The FRO has prepared a number of multi-lingual fact sheets to provide information about our services and the roles and responsibilities of our clients.
Forms
All forms that the FRO uses are available under the Forms Section of this website.
For the Director’s Statement of Arrears form, please complete the payment and request options before faxing it to the number listed on the form.
FRO Forms Prescribed in Regulation
There are six forms set out in the regulations under the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act, 1996. These forms are:
About changes to the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act
On June 13, 2005, the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act, 2005 became law in Ontario. The act changes parts of the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act 1996.
The changes are explained in the summary of changes to the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act, 1996.