Submitted by Joanne Early on Tuesday 10th February 2026
Published on Friday 20th March 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Sunday 20th September 2026
Current Signatures: 343
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Automatically suspend PR when a parent is convicted of child murder/serious harm
Current legislation ensures the automatic suspension of parental responsibility (PR) in cases where one parent murders another.
However, there is currently NO automatic suspension of PR when a parent is convicted of seriously harming or murdering their child.
I'm asking the government to create 'Charlie's Law' to spare families the pain of perpetrators being able to maintaining influence and power over their children from prison.
Please support my campaign for Charlie’s Law and sign and share this petition.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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