Petition · past parliament
Stop child maintenance payments if receiving parent blocks contact with children
Closed
575 signatures
What the petition asks
The Government should allow child maintenance payments to be stopped if the receiving parent unjustifiably withholds contact with between the paying parent and their children or discourages them from having a relationship. Help promote meaningful contact between non-residential parents and children.
Currently the residential parent is getting the time with the children and child maintenance paid to them, when they could out of spitefulness discourage the children from having a relationship with the non-residential parent (NRP) or totally denying contact. The NRP can be put through tremendous hardship in this situation and financial pressure to go through the court wasting precious time and money to see their children.
Timeline
| 29 Sep 2023 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 29 Mar 2024 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
575
Status
Closed
Opened
29 Sep 2023
Closed
29 Mar 2024
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.