Swifter sanctions backed for parents failing to pay child maintenance
Political editor, West of England
The bill by Stroud MP Siobhan Baillie looks set to become law and has already been passed by the House of Commons.Mother-of-three Gemma said in the three-and-a-half years since her children's father left, she has continuously struggled to get the child maintenance she is due."I knew he would never willingly pay. Everything's always having to wait all the time," she said.
Gingerbread, a charity for single parents which welcomes the changes, said the new legislation would mean the CMS gets more "teeth".Under current legislation, the CMS must apply to the courts to obtain a liability order before the use of enforcement orders, an order which according to the government website can take between a few weeks and several months to obtain.
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