Petition Make it a criminal act for child contact denial to be accountable for.

Resident parents who deny contact between their children and the non-resident parent without due cause should be held accountable. It is a form of psychological child abuse. Justice for the affected children whose resident parents think they can play with their lives.

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Reasons why contact is stopped:
1. The resident parent (RP) wants to start a new life and wants the non resident parent (NRP) out of the way.
2. The RP wants money/property from the NRP and uses the children as bargaining pawns.
3. The RP may see children as a way of getting a house, welfare money, and other benefits.
4. The RP is possessive and wants all the children’s love.
5. The RP dislikes the NRP new partner, who they see as a rival 'parent', so prevents the child seeing the NRP.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

97 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 97 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 16 September 2016
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