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Help victims of domestic abuse: make collect and pay child maintenance mandatory
Closed
66 signatures
What the petition asks
When you are a victim of domestic abuse, you want no contact with the other parent. However, if you ask to do the collect and pay which means no contact, the paying parent can choose to decline and decide to have direct pay, which means contact and they get your bank account details: control again.
The new Child Maintenance Service risks putting parents back into domestic abuse by making them give the other parent their bank account details. This also allows them to put any reference on the payment which shows on your bank account statements.
Timeline
| 21 Mar 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 2 May 2017 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
66
Status
Closed
Opened
21 Mar 2017
Closed
2 May 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.