Petition · past parliament
Full means testing for child maintenance
Closed
201 signatures
What the petition asks
The current child maintenance legislation is flawed and unfair. The way it is calculated is not properly means tested which is wrong and unfair, especially to fathers.
Child maintenance should take into account both parents’ earnings, i.e. any income and outgoing state benefit. Parents who are being denied access to their without legal reason should also have the legal right to refuse payment it’s time the parliament stepped in stopped this unfair treatment of fathers child maintenance should be fair and means tested across the board.
Timeline
| 23 Apr 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 23 Oct 2019 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
201
Status
Closed
Opened
23 Apr 2019
Closed
23 Oct 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.