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1.5.3 Overseas orders, court registered agreements & assessments

Introduction

This section describes the treatment of registrable overseas maintenance liabilities (1.1.O.40). These liabilities include overseas assessments and court-ordered child maintenance and spousal maintenance.

See 7.1.2 for disbursement of child support payments.

See 3.5 for interpreting court orders.

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