My Divorce Judgment talks about the Maintenance Enforcement Program-MEP - we don’t want to use MEP, why is it there?

Court Orders or Divorce Judgments that deal with support payments must include a MEP clause; the Court will not grant your divorce without the MEP clause. Just because there is a MEP clause in the Divorce Judgment, it does not mean you are required to register with MEP. The payee or payor has the option to register the Divorce Judgment now or at a later date, if they wish. If support is being paid per the Divorce Judgment, the parties may decide to hold off on registering with MEP. If there are ever issues with missed or late support payments from the payor, then registering with MEP may be useful. If you decide to register with MEP, a file is created and payments made or outstanding are recorded. This can be useful for both the payor and the payee. For more information, click here or consult a family lawyer.