Rejected petition Parents who do not pay child maintenance be arrested and charged with neglect.

Parents are having to fight for years for money for their child via child maintenance options while the absent parent gets away with not paying for their children.
Non payment of maintenance for your child is quite simply child neglect and should be treated that way legally.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

It's already possible for people who don't pay child maintenance to be sent to prison for non-payment of child maintenance. You can find out more here:

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/family/children-and-young-people/child-maintenance/child-maintenance-2012-scheme/child-maintenance-enforcement/child-maintenance-enforcement-where-to-start/

We're therefore not sure exactly what action you'd like the Government or Parliament to take.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 4 January 2018
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