Petition · past parliament

Change the way child maintenance is calculated.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

I want a fairness in calculation, not based on wages. Based on the average cost to bring up a child, also child maintenance to take into account the other parents expenses to maintain his/her family. Without trying to make the paying parent financially strained.
I have suffered unfairness within the system and now it’s time for a change, my local MP couldn’t help, so this is my last hope to make a wrong a right and serve justice to the man/women that has been bullied by the system and have a structure that is helpful to the paying parent.

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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Calculate child maintenance based on actual child expenses:
Calculate child maintenance based on actual child expenses

Timeline

16 Oct 2021 Petition opened for signatures
18 Oct 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 18 Oct 2021

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