Petition · past parliament

Introduce a Law that acknowledges Parent Alienation as a Criminal Offence

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

We are asking the Government to treat Parent Alienation as an extremely serious matter. We request the law recognises this as a Criminal Offence which should then be punished as such.
Parental Alienation is often met with one of the parents abusing the other by USING their child be that, mentally/emotionally, physically, sexually or neglectfully. The aggressor is able to manipulate the child into thinking, or behaving a certain way towards the other parent. Both recipients fall victim to such onslaughts, maiming children for life. Family Court/Cafcass appear ill equipped to handle this hence why we are calling on the government to HELP SAFEGUARD OUR CHILDREN.

IF WE RECOGNISE (CHILD) ABUSE IS A CRIMINAL ACT WHY IS PARENT ALIENATION NOT? THEY OFTEN GO HAND IN HAND.

Why it was rejected

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

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Timeline

5 Jan 2021 Petition opened for signatures
12 Jan 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 12 Jan 2021

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