This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Government must recognise the rights of natural fathers more!!!
Some good natural fathers who want to see their children are being denied access.
Good natural fathers who want to see their children are being made to go through a lengthy process.
Law must change so its easier for good natural fathers to have contact with their children.
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Fathers are three times more likely to die after separation than mothers, and suicide is now the biggest killer of men under 50.
According the Relationships Foundation ‘Cost of Family Failure Index’, the economic cost of family breakdown in 2016 was £48bn or £1,820 for every taxpayer.
Source: http://www.fathers-4-justice.org/2016/09/the-london-economic-the-shocking-cost-of-fatherlessness-in-the-uk/
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