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Restructure child maintenance payments

Submitted on Monday 9th February 2026

Rejected on Tuesday 17th March 2026

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

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Restructure child maintenance payments

Petition Details

Many families struggling financially while non-paying parents evade accountability. There needs to be stronger enforcement powers, improved tracking methods for non-paying parents without fixed addresses, thorough income verification, realistic arrears repayment, and strengthen enforcement action.

Additional Information

Non paying parents should not get away with not paying support for their children.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for similar action:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/739525

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