Petition · past parliament
Create a better Child Maintenance Service for our children and parents!
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
The Child Maintenance Service has a history of failings in both its service to resident and non-resident parents. We wish for a fundamental change in policy to bring about fairer calculations of maintenance, abolish DEOs completely and establish evidence-based appeals with due process.
The Child Maintenance Service has failed. The National Audit Office finds it unfit for purpose with questionable calculations and procedures that unfairly stifle a parent's right to due process. It has been a tool used by toxic parents to alienate a child from their non-resident parents and punitively and financially punish them. We ask for a fundamental policy change to include that all maintenance costs be joint. That DEO's be removed completely and that appeals on CMS payments be means tested.
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you want to see the Child Maintenance Service replaced, but it's not clear what you want to replace it.
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We understand that you want to see the Child Maintenance Service replaced, but it's not clear what you want to replace it.
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Timeline
| 28 Jun 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 4 Jul 2022 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
4 Jul 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.