Submitted on Sunday 19th November 2023
Rejected on Thursday 30th November 2023
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
How Child Maintenance deals with parents avoiding paying for their children.
It is a legal obligation to pay child maintenace and some parents go to illegal measures to avoid paying child maintenance. Claiming benefits fraudulently while working cash in hand stops the Child Maintenance taking action against them.
The parent avoiding paying child maintenance should be treated the same as a parent who is avoiding paying and in employment by having assets seized to recover the outstanding Child Maintenance. Currently a parent avoiding payments and on benefits can have no action taken against them even if they have assets.
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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 that some parents are avoiding paying child maintenance, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) can already collect child maintenance arrears through a deduction from earning order that deducts payments from a paying parent's salary, or a deduction order, which deducts monies from a paying parent's bank account.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Make non-payment of child maintenance a criminal offence: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/646601
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