Parental care 50/50 in seperation cases, and make parental alienation a crime.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

To change the law, or pass legislation which makes it a presumption in law that parental care will be shared 50/50 in separation cases, unless impractical or evidenced risk of harm exists Also to make parental alienation a criminal offence under domestic abuse or child abuse legislation.

Survey of 1,513 people revealed PA an issue for 79%.
80% resulted in health concerns including poor mental health
21% lost a job
8% sold their home to pay legal fees
55% experienced financial insecurity
69% applied/attended court, 42% multiple occasions
58% reported breaches of orders 34% reported multiple breaches
Mediation, 70% had contact with child in last year, versus 69% sorting things informally.
This creates cost and time burdens on courts, healthcare, welfare systems and causes harm

Why it was rejected

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

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Automatically grant equal access rights following separation: Automatically grant equal access rights following separation

Make parental alienation a criminal offence: Make parental alienation a criminal offence

Timeline

28 Sep 2022	Petition opened for signatures
3 Oct 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 3 Oct 2022

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