Submitted by Selina James on Sunday 10th August 2025
Published on Wednesday 24th September 2025
Current status: Closed
Closed: Tuesday 24th March 2026
Signatures: 10,720
Review CMS safeguards to prevent financial abuse and coercive control
Review how the CMS detects and acts on concerns of financial abuse. We believe survivors need better access to support to navigate systems that could enable continued abuse after separation.
We believe the Child Maintenance Service and family courts are outdated and could enable ongoing abuse. There are concerns that abusers may be able to use legal processes like Child Arrangement Orders and financial control via CMS to continue coercive behaviour post-separation. We feel these systems lack adequate safeguards to protect survivors and children from harm. We feel a review is needed to ensure the CMS is trauma-informed, survivor-centred, and doesn't enable abuse.
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