The FRO Solution Blog

FRO's statutory powers to suspend your driver's licence are substantial and complex to understand. I recently had a case where the payor went to court in 2004 and obtained a Refraining Order to prevent the FRO from suspending his licence. He obtained the refraining Order on condition that he pay a certain monthly amount and that he initiate a motion to change the original support order and arrears within 20 days. He paid the monies and made a new agreement with the support recipient. The agreement didn't get filed with the Court ( big problem!! ). The parties agreed to pay directly by inter-bank transfer rather than thru FRO, but didn't withdraw from FRO or tell FRO ( another big problem !!! ). Although the payor was up to date with his new agreement with the recipient, the FRO records showed no payments for 2 years and no new varied court order as required by the Refraining Order. In March 2007 the payor learned that his driver's licence had just been suspended. FRO was able to suspend the licence based on the breach of the conditions of the 2004 Refraining Order without having to start the licence suspension process all over again from the beginning. The payor was not entitled to go to Court to get a new Refraining Order to stop the licence suspension.