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New petition - NRPs who fail to support their child/children should be prosecuted for neglect.

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CreviceImp · 07/04/2016 11:42

Hello everyone,

I have started a new petition and made it more specific. Please lend your support.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/126895/sponsors/r7SMKHriuAeTVvQ0al

I will paste the detail of the petition next

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CreviceImp · 07/04/2016 11:45

[[Dear Kerry Ann Howard,

You’re not done yet!

Forward the email below to your potential supporters.

5 people need to click the link and confirm their support for us to publish your petition.

Thanks,
The Petitions team
UK Government and Parliament

I’ve made a petition – will you sign it?

Click this link to sign the petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/126895/sponsors/r7SMKHriuAeTVvQ0al

My petition:

Charge non-resident parents who evade child support payments with child neglect.

Current legislation does not recognise non-payment of child support as neglect. After a year of non-compliance separate criminal charges should be brought against such non-resident parents for child neglect. Resident parents should also be able to prosecute non-compliant NRP for financial abuse.

Figures from 2011 indicate that 95.2% of parents who approached the Child Support Agency in order to access their legal entitlement for child maintenance were female. The failure to collect rates are astonishing. It is therefore a gender inequality issue. This social injustice needs to be urgently addressed.The far reaching repercussions have to be legally recognised for both the parent with care and the child/ren when one parent fails to support their child/ren. It is neglect and abuse.

Click this link to sign the petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/126895/sponsors/r7SMKHriuAeTVvQ0al]]

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CreviceImp · 07/04/2016 13:28

Will update if it is signed off so those who want to get behind it can

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BeccaMumsnet · 07/04/2016 13:39

Hi all - we're going to move this over to our Petitions topic.

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