When will a court order security to prevent a payor from making maintenance payments?

For example, in Braich v. Braich, [1997] B.C.J. No. 1764 (B.C.S.C.), the court was not satisfied that the father had put his obligations to pay maintenance first in his financial priorities and ordered security to ensure timely payment. The father had dissipated his considerable assets and had claimed he was bankrupt. He had stopped making maintenance payments, alleging that he did not have the financial ability to do so. The judge was satisfied that notwithstanding that his present income may not have allowed him to pay maintenance, his future income would, and he had the means or financial ability to meet his obligations. In Griffiths v. Griffiths, 2006 BCSC 1077, security was ordered until the court was able to review the matter, as there was uncertainty about the income that was available to the payor.