Petition · past parliament · Department for Work and Pensions

Parents should not have to pay child maintenance if access to a child is denied

Closed 75 signatures

What the petition asks

Non-resident parents should not have to pay child maintenance if they don't have access to their children. If the resident parent of a child or children stop's the non-resident parent from seeing their kids for a certain period, then child maintenance should not be paid until access is granted.

Timeline

12 Aug 2021 Petition opened for signatures
12 Feb 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 75
Status Closed
Department Department for Work and Pensions
Opened 12 Aug 2021
Closed 12 Feb 2022

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