This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Fairness of child related benefits and child maintenance in shared custody.
To look into the laws and legislation surrounding child maintenance, who receives child benefit and the rules and laws in shared care and maintenance.
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An unfairness in the governments shared care and child maintenance laws. An old fashioned and outdated view on who is the “main” parent and which parent receives child benefit. This entities that parent to all child related benefits, without it being shared between parents fairly. Especially in 50/50 arrangements. In 50/50 custody there is still outmoded view that only 1 parent is the main carer. This mean the other parent is ordered to pay child maintenance.
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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We understand that you are concerned about current arrangements for benefits and maintenance related to a child, but we're not sure if you want the Government to review these, or make specific changes to existing rules, and if the latter what changes you want to be made.
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