If your ex does not follow the instructions included in a court order, you can take legal action to enforce the order. You may file a Petition for Contempt, which requires your spouse to show up at a hearing and explain why the court should not punish him or her for violating the court order. Some reasons to file for contempt include if the spouse fails to pay support, does not allow court-ordered visitation, or fails to give the spouse property that he or she was ordered to. The court can take a variety of actions to get the spouse to do what he or she was ordered to do, like:
Issue a garnishment from the spouse’s wages
Order the person to sign the paperwork, such as turning over an interest in an IRA
Order the sheriff to take possession of money in a bank account
Jail the person