Rejected petition Make child maintenance mandatory and class as a legitimate debt.

Make this a debt and chase those who miss payments just like company’s do with credit cards, loans etc…

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These are human beings, for a credit card you will be chased and threatened with court action if you do not pay, why isn’t this the same for a parent and a child?

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The Child Maintenance Service already takes action if child maintenance goes unpaid.

You can find out more about child maintenance enforcement here: https://www.gov.uk/manage-child-maintenance-case/nonpayment-what-happens

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Date submitted 3 February 2022
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