Petition Make changes to the child maintenance service

make it a legal requirement that the paying parent must sign on unemployment benefits within 5 working days if claiming to be unemployed or supported by family. The law needs to change so parents cannot avoid paying child support. They should not be able to avoid child support

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It is far too easy for the paying parent to avoid paying child support. If the parent states they are being supported by family then the family should be responsible for paying the child support. If stating unemployed they should be forced to sign on and actively looking for work.

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52 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 52 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 3 May 2017
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