Family Responsibility Office

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Family Responsibility Office

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Family Responsibility Office

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      2002-

      History

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Family Responsibility Office (FRO) operates under the authority of the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act, 1996. FRO administers and enforces court orders for child and spousal support. It also enforces domestic contracts, such as separation agreements that are filed with the courts, and ensures compliance with support orders from reciprocating jurisdictions.

      Address

      Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act, 1996

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services (1972-2018)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA35

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services controls Family Responsibility Office

      Dates of relationship

      2002-2005

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Community Services Branch (1990-2002)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1601

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1965

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Preliminary

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Telephone Directory, Government of Ontario, 2002-2005

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Solovitch