Petition Review Child Maintenance Service to disincentivise parents withholding custody

We think the Child Maintenance Service should be reviewed and reformed to prevent situations where a parent refuses to allow 50/50 etc custody of a child because they will lose payments.

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There are many parents trying to have their children more, but we think the system doesn't have strong enough safeguards in place to protect possible manipulation by the other parent. I just want all parents to be held accountable for their behaviour.

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Created by Rhys Bryn Jones
Deadline 16 March 2026 All petitions run for 6 months
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