Petition · past parliament

Make it a criminal offence for a mother to deny a father contact with his child

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Mothers who deny contact between their children and the father without due cause should be held accountable. It is a form of child abuse that is not nit taken seriously by family courts. We want justice for the affected children whose mothers think they can play god with the child's life.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

7 Jan 2017 Petition opened for signatures
12 Jan 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16
Status Rejected
Rejected 12 Jan 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.