This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Assess a paying parents expenses regarding child maintenance
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When child maintenance payments are calculated a paying parents expenses are not taken into account as a paying parent myself sometimes it is not possible to afford to live like paying rent or travel expenses for work I believe this is wrong
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/254156
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