Petition · past parliament

Remove parental legal rights off parents who have abused their children

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

To remove legal parental rights from parents who have abused their children!
Parents who have abused their children in anyway should automatically have their legal parental rights removed
leaving the remaining parent with full legal responsibility so they can move forward and making the best decision on behalf of the children such as freedom to change last names so the children have no association to the abusing parent

Why it was rejected

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

You may like to sign the below petition we currently have open on this topic.

Automatically remove parental responsibility for those who abuse their children
Automatically remove parental responsibility for those who abuse their children

Timeline

12 Feb 2022 Petition opened for signatures
18 Feb 2022 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 18 Feb 2022

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