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Stop Child Maintenance if parents are denied access to their children

Submitted by Michael Hunka on Tuesday 25th February 2025

Published on Friday 4th April 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Saturday 4th October 2025

Signatures: 221

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Tagged with

Access ~ Change ~ Child ~ Child maintenance ~ Children ~ contact ~ Courts ~ Denying ~ Fairs ~ Law ~ Links ~ New law ~ Parent ~ pause ~ paying ~ Reasonable ~ Refused

Petition Action

Stop Child Maintenance if parents are denied access to their children

Petition Details

We believe that parents, often Fathers, across the UK are paying child maintenance while being unfairly denied access to their children and we want this to change.

Additional Information

We are calling on the UK Government to introduce a new law that:
- Links child maintenance to parental access – If a parent is refused access without a valid reason, payments should be paused until fair contact is arranged
- Encourages fair co-parenting – Prevents one parent from using the child as leverage
- Reduces legal costs – Parents should not have to pay mediation and court fees just to see their child


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