Enforce a parenting agreement or order in Supreme Court

Introduction

This guide is to help you ask the court to enforce a parenting agreement or order, and impose consequences, if the other parent isn't following the agreement or order. For example:

  • If they don't show up or aren't available to care for a child as agreed or ordered.
  • If they refuse to let you spend time with the child.

Can you agree?

Supreme Court applications cost time and money. Before you start a court process, think about whether you can get the other person to follow your agreement or order without going to court. See Who can help you reach an agreement? for resources and services. You can also try to work things out at a Judicial Case Conference in Step 2.

Do this guide only if:

  • you can't come to an agreement, AND
  • the other parent repeatedly fails to follow your order or agreement; OR
  • the other parent's failure to follow your order or agreement has caused you and your child extreme inconvenience and has cost you money.
If your application is unsuccessful, the judge might award costs against you. This means you'll have to pay some of the other person's court costs and legal expenses, as well as your own.
Updated on 21 October 2020
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