A maintenance enforcement program or office is a government office that can help collect child support payments in different ways: garnishing funds owed to the payor by the federal government (such as income tax refund) or by the payor’s employer garnishing funds from the payor’s bank account withholding vehicle registrations or suspending the payor’s driver’s license restricting hunting and fishing licenses denying and cancelling federal licenses, such as passports registering notices against real property (land) or personal property seizing assets affecting the payor’s credit rating You must register your court order or agreement with the program first. Check with the program in your province or territory for more information. In Alberta, see the Maintenance Enforcement Program. Last updated: March 2021