Petition · past parliament

If a parent refuses child visitation then maintenance should be non-payable

Closed 63 signatures

What the petition asks

When a couple separate and the resident-parent still with the children refuses any visitation, then the other non-resident parent should not be held accountable for high child maintenance payments when they want to see the children.
Even if they haven’t got any money, the non-resident parent is still hounded to pay without any visitation rights. The stress caused by these situations is at times unbearable yet any non-paying parent is often seen as a bad parent when that’s not the actual case.

Timeline

16 Aug 2018 Petition opened for signatures
16 Feb 2019 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 63
Status Closed
Opened 16 Aug 2018
Closed 16 Feb 2019

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