Submitted on Wednesday 27th July 2022
Rejected on Monday 1st August 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Make child maintenance a legal requirement regardless of employment
Currently the non residential parent only has to pay if they have a job and no dependants. It is also NOT a legal requirement. This means that if a parent gets told they have to pay a lot of money they just quit their job and then not pay a penny.
My daughters dad has done this repeatedly over the years. He gets a job as soon as CMS tell him he has to pay me a certain amount (usually over £100 per month) he quits then the CMS change it to a stupid amount like £0 a month to support a growing child. This is not right. Then they drag their heels organising collect & pay.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you are concerned about current arrangements for calculating child maintenance, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
Child maintenance is based on the non-resident parent's income, and whether they are responsible for any other children: www.gov.uk/how-child-maintenance-is-worked-out
Non-resident parents are required to pay child maintenance whether they are in employment or not, but the amount they will be required to pay may change depending on their income.
We can accept petitions calling to changes how child maintenance rates are calculated, but it would need to be clear what changes you want to be made to these calculations.
If you are unhappy with the service you have received from the Child Maintenance Service, you should contact them directly about this: www.gov.uk/child-maintenance-service/complaints-and-appeals
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