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Require proof of education for child maintenance for children aged 16-20

Submitted by Csilla Vekony on Thursday 20th October 2022

Published on Friday 3rd March 2023

Current status: Closed

Closed: Sunday 3rd September 2023

Signatures: 129

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Require proof of education for child maintenance for children aged 16-20

Petition Details

The Child Maintenance Service rely on claiming parents as to whether a child aged 16-20 is in full-time education. Paying parents can struggle to prove if they think the child isn't studying full time, so receiving parents should be required to prove a child aged 16-20 is in full-time education.

Additional Information

We believe the way Child Maintenance is dealing with these issues is unfair, and that this change would help a lot of paying parents achieve a fair outcome in Child Maintenance cases for children over 16. CMS seem to rely on what the claiming parent says even if they don't have evidence for it. This is wrong. The claiming parent should have to evidence how many hours the child is studying at the school. If it's under 12 hours per week, that would mean the paying parent wouldn't have to pay child maintenance.


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