Change enforcement action taken on parents that fail to pay child maintenance
Change/improve the enforcement action taken on parents that fail to pay maintenance, to make the process more robust in the retrieval of regular payments and the retrieval of arrears.
Signatures
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Government response threshold (10,000) · 6/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 6/100,000
- 16 DEC 2025Petition rejectedduplicate
You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/739525
- 14 NOV 2025Petition created
Background
My personal case has been open for seven years, with no results and little explanation. The arrears my two children are owed is over £13K. I feel pushed aside with poor excuses that change with each update, that I have to chase, as to why they cannot enforce payments. In this digital day and age I feel there is no excuse as to why a legal obligation does not have a more serious process and consequence, considering the child maintenance service can access bank accounts and see funds and spending.