This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Change the way the new Child maintenance options works. Make absent parents pay
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Single parents are ending up worse off due to the new child maintenance options service. Some parents are receiving nothing whilst others have had their child's maintenance dropped. If a parent is absent from a child's life they should be made to pay more as not contributing to day to day living.
Why was this petition rejected?
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