This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government
Rejected petition Increase 'Shared Care' rate of Child Maintenance; represent 'sharing' the care.
Caring for and financially supporting your children is a joint responsibility; whether or not you live with the children.
Currently CMS deems that a ratio of 1:6 equates to 'sharing the care'; so go weeks without seeing the child and be allowed to pay the lowest bracket of maintenance.
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The Child Maintenance service deems that 52 nights contact per year is sharing the care. This is insulting to resident parents. Those of us who pay the costs of food, childcare, clothing, activities and are there for our children every day.
The current rules allow non-resident parents to get away with only school night visits where there is no quality time for the child, where they can hit 52 nights but not share any care.
Raise the lower threshold for Shared Care to 102 nights per year.
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.
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You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do. For example, you could start a new petition asking for the Government to increase the number of nights needed to meet the definition of shared care, if that's what you want to happen.
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