Petition · past parliament

Give fathers the natural right to have contact with children shared equal basis

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Fathers do not have any rights to have normal contact with their children.
Fathers only have given rights which are easily removed.
The courts have to act on any accusation by the mother to suspend rights of the father and stop contact.
This is wrong. Most accusations by the other partner use the court system which is flawed.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 12 Feb 2017

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