Petition · past parliament

Change Child maintenance service (CMS) policy update.

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

If a receiving parent of child maintenance stops the paying parent from access to thier children. The paying parent has to go through court to fight for access of their child. Policy needs to state if the receiving parent makes this decision without a court order then they forfeit their CSA money.

Why it was rejected

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

We currently have the below petition open which you might like to sign:

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

Timeline

9 Nov 2021 Petition opened for signatures
15 Nov 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13
Status Rejected
Rejected 15 Nov 2021

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