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Honest researchers were surprised by the results of their own objective inquiries. They were all finding, independently, that intimate partner violence (IPV) is mostly bidirectional.

Two years ago, Shannon Wilfong took off with her son, Ricky, without the permission of the boy’s father. Wilfong later surfaced, but Ricky remained missing—until Friday, when he was discovered in a hidden room at his grandmother’s house.

Our shared-parenting arrangement is rock-solid, and my son is a great testament to how two people who have everything in common when it comes to their child, will make it work given the right laws being in place.

These draconian measures will effectively legalise ‘parential alienation’, by removing the ‘friendly parent’ provision currently in the Family Law act.

Parental alienation syndrome is not a gender specific issue. It was once believed women were the main perpetrators of parental alienation, but no longer. “Fifty percent are men,” said Judith Ray, a licensed family therapist in Colorado Springs.

Parental Alienation is a well established condition that is widely considered a form of child abuse, and clearly a form of spousal abuse/ex-spousal abuse too. However would you recognize parental alienation if it was happening to your child and to you?

The premise of parental alienation is simple. One parent damages, and sometimes destroys, a child’s previously normal, healthy, loving relationship with the child’s other parent. In a severe case the alienating parent and child work together to successfully eliminate the previously loved Mom or Dad from the child’s life.

Dr. Michelle Golland: A Nassau County Supreme Court justice has sentenced a mother to six weekends in jail for civil contempt. Per the judge, the guilty mom — Lauren Lippe — engaged in a pattern of “alienating” behavior wherein she made false allegations of sexual abuse against her children’s father, Ted Rubin — allegations that were calculated to interfere with her ex-husband’s scheduled time and relationship with their children.

DISCLAIMER: The following is NOT legal advice, nor is it a substitute for legal advice. If you are in Family Court you will need legal advice, so please see a lawyer. We’ve seen a number of cases over the years of Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) over the years. To be clear: It is not [...]

The term was coined in 1985 by New York psychiatrist Richard Gardner. He described it as a disorder that causes a child to vilify a parent without reason. It often arises, he said, in bitter custody cases in which one parent brainwashes a child against the other parent by making false accusations of sexual abuse.