This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition fathers to have 50/50 access to children after separation/ divorce
for all fathers to have immediate shared access to their children and not just weekend contact. currently in most cases fathers access is limited to 4 days per month, whereas the mother gains immediate access over the children and can choose when the father sees them.
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this petition is to allow every father who is denied access to the children under no grounds to be granted by law immediate 50/50 shared access to their children after separation/divorce.
no father should have to pay to only see there child for 4 days per month (1 over night stay every other weekend)
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/226134
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