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Enforce Contact Within 30 Days, Outlaw Parental Alienation, fast track hearings
Introduce legislation to require interim contact to be restored 30 days after an application for child arrangements. Criminalise parental alienation and require such hearings to be fast tracked.
Last fetched 03 May 2026 · petition.parliament.uk
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Government response threshold (10,000) · 181/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 181/100,000
Background
We ask the Government to introduce legislation: 1) a legal presumption of contact with both parents after separation, 2) a requirement that courts restore interim contact within 30 days of application, and 3) criminalisation of parental alienation as emotional abuse.