Petition · past parliament
Stop Mothers being able to cut fathers contact without a court order.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Make it a law that one parent cannot cut the other parent out of a childs life unless their is a legitimate saftely concern involving a child protection governing body, or a court order.
No one else will make this change and it is not right that fathers have to sit and wait months for a court hearing etc before contact can be resumed, just because some mothers use the children as a weapon, its affecting childrens mental health and the mental health of the parent who suddenly cannot pick up his or her child anymore for a reason that the other parent has decided.
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
| 9 May 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 14 May 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
14 May 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.