Submitted on Tuesday 27th January 2026
Rejected on Monday 2nd March 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Reform child maintenance to be fair, balanced and reflect modern families
Base child maintenance on net income and exclude non-guaranteed bonuses, factor in essential living and housing costs of paying parent, and protect meaningful access to both parents by discouraging withheld contact and supporting cooperative parenting except where safeguarding concerns exist.
The current child maintenance system focuses on gross income and often fails to account for disposable income, income stability, or unavoidable financial obligations of the non-resident parent, including continuing to pay the mortgage on the former family home. In some cases, it creates financial incentives that discourage shared parenting, causing hardship, reducing cooperation, increasing conflict, and producing outcomes that may not serve the child’s best interests.
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The following petition calls for a similar action:
Reform Child Maintenance Service, strengthen processes to protect paying parent
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/755824
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