Was ordered costs in Family Court but other party has never paid.

[Nashy1]

Dear Forum,

I was awarded cost all the way back in 2007 and 2008 which was to be paid either £8k to myself or £5k if the money was put into a trust fund for my son.

This was ordered originally in the County Court and again brought up in an order on the High Court, but now that my son is 18, no monies have been paid into any trust fund for him and I never received anything.

I'm not sure if there is a time limit in which payment should have been made and also not sure in my sons mother had made herself bankrupt, but believe this may have been before order was made.

Looking to see what can be done to try and recover losses that I paid out for legal assistance when the Judge determined that mother had fabricated evidence to get more falsely arrested.

Thank you for any advice.

[Celestine]

Hi - theoretically, that court order is still enforceable.
Was this ordered in the family courts or moneyclaim?

Was this part of a divorce settlement? Was it connected to property in any way - I.e. the sale of a home?
Is there a reason why there has been no information about this before?

You can make an enforcement of order application to the relevant court.

[Nashy1]

Dear Forum,

I was awarded cost all the way back in 2007 and 2008 which was to be paid either £8k to myself or £5k if the money was put into a trust fund for my son.

This was ordered originally in the County Court and again brought up in an order on the High Court, but now that my son is 18, no monies have been paid into any trust fund for him and I never received anything.

I'm not sure if there is a time limit in which payment should have been made and also not sure in my sons mother had made herself bankrupt, but believe this may have been before order was made.

Looking to see what can be done to try and recover losses that I paid out for legal assistance when the Judge determined that mother had fabricated evidence to get more falsely arrested.

Thank you for any advice.

Sorry just read your reply.

The order was made by a County Court Judge in the family Court then repeated in another hearing by a High Court Judge within the family Court as basically the case spent more time dealing with false allegations of a serious nature then actually providing my son to have contact.

thanks for your time with this matter.