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Home / My husband is a drug addict and does not pay me and my children maintenance although I have a court judgment ordering him to do so. I’ve heard that a husband who refuses to pay maintenance can be jailed – could I get a jail order at the bailiff’s against my husband to make him pay?

My husband is a drug addict and does not pay me and my children maintenance although I have a court judgment ordering him to do so. I’ve heard that a husband who refuses to pay maintenance can be jailed – could I get a jail order at the bailiff’s against my husband to make him pay?

By: דיאנה שאלתיאלPublished on: 17 May, 2022

Firstly, orders imprisoning maintenance debtors are aimed at those men who have the financial ability to pay – but doesn’t pay or just refuses to out of spite. Secondly, the Supreme Court of Justice held in the early nineties that such an order cannot be made against a drug addict. You should try and get the maintenance paid from National Insurance if you cannot get it through your husband, or his parents


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