Reform Calculations for Child Maintenance where the child stays with the NRP

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What the petition asks

If a child is with a Non Resident Parent (NRP) for 175+ nights a year (50/50), this gives only a 50% reduction of maintenance. At 175+ nights this should be a 100% reduction. For fewer days the payment should be pro-rata based on this principle.

As an example, if both NRP and RP have £2000 a month after tax, and both care for their child equally, the RP is £332 a month “better off” than the NRP, despite the fact that the NRP and RP may have similar outgoings for their child.

NRP:
Income After Tax: £2000
Child Benefit: £0
Child Maintenance payable to RP: -£120
Total income: £1880

RP:
Income After Tax: £2000
Child Benefit: £92
Child Maintenance from NRP: £120
Total income: £2212
How is this fair?

Timeline

1 Apr 2021	Petition opened for signatures
1 Oct 2021	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 529

Status Closed

Department Home Office

Opened 1 Apr 2021

Closed 1 Oct 2021

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