Bill 30 — The Inter-jurisdictional Support Orders Amendment Act, 2025
Assented to on 2026-03-12 · Sponsor: Tim McLeod
Amends Saskatchewan's inter-jurisdictional support orders law to implement the Hague Convention on international recovery of child support and other family maintenance.
- Adds new definitions like competent authority, contracting state, and convention to the law
- Replaces references to telephone evidence with broader electronic means of communication
- Limits ability to challenge registration of a foreign support order already registered in another Canadian province
- Creates a new Part V.1 to implement the Hague Convention in Saskatchewan law
- Designates a central authority responsible for handling convention applications and requests
- Allows unsworn statements as evidence in convention-related applications
- Adds the Hague Convention text as a Schedule to the Act
The bill on the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan website