Orders to Secure Child Support

Typical situations in which security for child support may be ordered include where the obligor (i) has a history of dissipation of assets or is unable to handle money; (ii) is likely to leave the jurisdiction and become, in effect, an absconding debtor; (iii) has, in the past, refused to honour a support obligation, whether it came by court order or contract or has refused to provide support at all; (iv) has a poor employment history or has indicated that he will leave his employment; (v) has no income, savings or prospect of employment; (vi) has an extravagant life?style and had been uncooperative with the payee in the past; (g) is out of the jurisdiction at the time of hearing but has assets in the jurisdiction capable of forming the basis of a security order; and (h) has declared that he will not pay support: see Edden v Foley, 2024 ABKB 48.