Remove the discretion of the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to write off debts

The Government should remove the discretion that the CMS has to write off child maintenance debts. All debts must be paid and not written off. Parents should not be able to dodge maintenance payments. It’s entirely unacceptable.

This petition closed on 12 Apr 2024 with 34 signatures


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Non-paying parents should not be protected like this and should be responsible for contributing to the financial side of raising their children.


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