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Make child maintenance mandatory and class as a legitimate debt.

Submitted on Thursday 3rd February 2022

Rejected on Tuesday 8th February 2022

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)

Petition Action

Make child maintenance mandatory and class as a legitimate debt.

Petition Details

Make this a debt and chase those who miss payments just like company’s do with credit cards, loans etc…

Additional Information

These are human beings, for a credit card you will be chased and threatened with court action if you do not pay, why isn’t this the same for a parent and a child?


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

The Child Maintenance Service already takes action if child maintenance goes unpaid.

You can find out more about child maintenance enforcement here: www.gov.uk/manage-child-maintenance-case/nonpayment-what-happens

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