How to Register

Before registering with MEP, you will need:

• A support order or support agreement (including Child Support Service decisions and family law Arbitration awards) that sets an enforceable amount of child or spousal support.
• Only a support recipient can register a court order.

The Manitoba Court of King’s Bench automatically sends MEP court orders that contain support provisions. A Recalculation and Enforcement Information Form (70W), filed with the court order, is forwarded to MEP to confirm the support recipient’s intention to register with MEP.

Once a support order or agreement is received, if the 70W requests registration, MEP will send an invitation letter with a registration package to the support recipient. Registration packages can be requested directly from MEP for orders made in or outside of Manitoba.

Either party, the support payor or recipient, may provide a support agreement to register with MEP. The agreement must contain a clause allowing it to be registered with MEP or both parties must consent in writing to register.

The registration package is available online or by contacting MEP. The registration package includes the following forms:

• Identification Form - This form collects contact information for yourself and the support payor.
• Statutory Declaration - This form is used to record all payments due and/or received prior to registration.
• Direct Deposit Form - This form gives MEP permission to deposit payments directly into your account.
• Fax and Email Authorization Form - To allow MEP to communicate with you by fax or email.
• Opt In Form - To confirm registration with MEP including collection of late payment penalties.

Instructions are included to help you complete the forms or you can contact MEP for assistance.

Your MEP Statutory Declaration can be witnessed by a Commissioner for Oath, Notary Public or Deputy Registrar. Alternative witnesses are enumerated in section 62(1) of The Manitoba Evidence Act, which includes, among others, a lawyer, a mayor, reeve or clerk of a municipality, a resident administrator of a local government, a secretary-treasurer of a school district or division, a postmaster, a sheriff, a RCMP member or surveyor.

Both parties will be notified once the file is activated.