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Give parents who split up automatic equal shared custody of their children

Submitted by Jason Bunn on Monday 11th December 2023

Published on Tuesday 12th March 2024

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 29th May 2024

Signatures: 248

Petition Action

Give parents who split up automatic equal shared custody of their children

Petition Details

We want the law to start from the assumption of equally shared custody, with each parent being given the option to negotiate down from this, depending on work commitments etc. I don’t believe in the current system that there is any gender equality.

Additional Information

It could help prevent missing valuable family time for children and parents. It could also help prevent upset for children, the parent with limited or no contact and their wider family too, as well as huge amounts of money parents could otherwise spend on their children.

I think that the system is archaic and sexist; it's too easy for one parent to prevent children seeing other parents equally, or at all. I believe this is often done to punish the other parent and/or for reasons other than what is in the child's best interests.


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