Rejected petition Family law: alter fees for parents wanting child access

When a parent is stopped from seeing their child, currently they are expected to pay £215 to take the other party to court to get a minimal contact order.

In order to then enforce this should a party break a contact order the parent with no access must pay another £215 to enforce the agreement.

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This stops many parents from being able to see their children after an acrimonious split.

Many, who are not in a position where they can afford to pay for court support and mediation, feel let down by the court.

As a result, the fees need changing to a one off application fee with no additional fee for enforcing what has already been put in place.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/168489

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Date submitted 19 January 2017
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