Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs (SMEP)

Amount of arrears owing of maintenance enforcement case, category

Amount of arrears owing refers to the amount of money owing from earlier missed support payments.

Maintenance enforcement case refers to a case that is registered involving one payer and one recipient and the financial obligations that are being monitored/enforced by the program (MEP). The program processes payments, monitors and enforces cases in order to ensure that recipients receive their payments of child and spousal support.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Deciles