Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Allow legal aid for fathers who are fighting to see their children

Since the government got rid of legal aid mothers have used their children as weapons knowing the father can't afford court on his own which is wrong the law needs changing

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/156760

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