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Reform the Child Maint Service to ensure fairness, transparency for all parents

Submitted on Tuesday 21st April 2026

Rejected on Tuesday 19th May 2026

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Reform the Child Maint Service to ensure fairness, transparency for all parents

Petition Details

We call on the UK Government to reform the Child Maint Service to ensure fair, transparent and accountable processes. It must stop penalising paying parents and properly assess their financial circumstances, while creating a balanced system that supports children and treats both parents equally

Additional Information

We call on the UK Government to reform the Child Maintenance Service by introducing strict response times, improving transparency in calculations, and creating a fair dispute process. The system must stop unfairly penalising paying parents and properly assess their financial circumstances. Independent oversight should be strengthened, and processes simplified to reduce errors, delays, and unnecessary financial pressure on families.
It is causing major financial difficulties and mental health.


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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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We think this petition is similar to yours:

Reform Child Maintenance Service, strengthen processes to protect paying parent: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/755824

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