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Review Child Maintenance Service to disincentivise parents withholding custody

Submitted by Rhys Bryn Jones on Tuesday 12th August 2025

Published on Tuesday 16th September 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Monday 16th March 2026

Signatures: 66

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Child ~ Child maintenance ~ Children ~ Custody ~ Held ~ Parent ~ place ~ Prevent ~ Reviewed ~ system ~ WILL LOSE

Petition Action

Review Child Maintenance Service to disincentivise parents withholding custody

Petition Details

We think the Child Maintenance Service should be reviewed and reformed to prevent situations where a parent refuses to allow 50/50 etc custody of a child because they will lose payments.

Additional Information

There are many parents trying to have their children more, but we think the system doesn't have strong enough safeguards in place to protect possible manipulation by the other parent. I just want all parents to be held accountable for their behaviour.


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