Not exact matches
These disputes reduce available court time for more consequential issues like
parental abuse or the
alienation of a child
by one parent.
Litigants (sic) pointed to a presumed gender bias in the courts, unethical practices
by lawyers, procedural flaws, credence given to false allegations of
abuse,
parental alienation without consequences, and inadequate enforcement of orders and agreements.
First introduced as
parental alienation syndrome
by Richard A. Gardner in the 1980s, his research shed light on a modern indoctrination process that led to false
abuse claims and gained wide - spread recognition.
- Jill Egizii, president of the
Parental Alienation Awareness Organization, USA» The High - Conflict Custody Battle is a joint effort
by writers with complementary skills and expertise: Amy J. L. Baker, PhD, is a research psychologist who has studied child psychological
abuse; J. Michael Bone, PhD, is a clinical and forensic psychologist; and Brian Ludmer, BComm, LLB, is an attorney whose practice focusses on high conflict family law.
While Neustein's research is not a key source for the film or Meier's position, it is valuable insofar as it is compiling the extraordinarily high number of mothers who are being denied custody and sometimes all contact with their children, after their allegations of
abuse are rejected
by a court, usually on grounds of «
parental alienation» or «
parental alienation syndrome.»
However, her critique of
parental alienation as a concept or theory as used in family courts, consistent with the APA Report's critique, is that it is typically misused in a gendered manner as a means of dismissing or denying
abuse allegations brought
by mothers.
Change Your World» author and
Parental Alienation Awareness Organization advocate Berni Xiong has defined parental alienation as a form of «emotional and mental abuse» caused by the person doing the «alienating on those who are being alienated from eac
Parental Alienation Awareness Organization advocate Berni Xiong has defined parental alienation as a form of «emotional and mental abuse» caused by the person doing the «alienating on those who are being alienated from e
Alienation Awareness Organization advocate Berni Xiong has defined
parental alienation as a form of «emotional and mental abuse» caused by the person doing the «alienating on those who are being alienated from eac
parental alienation as a form of «emotional and mental abuse» caused by the person doing the «alienating on those who are being alienated from e
alienation as a form of «emotional and mental
abuse» caused
by the person doing the «alienating on those who are being alienated from each other.
Many times courts need to determine whether an accusation of
abuse (domestic, physical, sexual, etc.)
by one parent is true or false: if false, then the accusation is a sign there is active
parental alienation, which is recognized
by the American Psychiatric Association as another form of child
abuse.5
Further research results suggested that shared parenting can help prevent
parental alienation, a form of child
abuse fomented and enabled
by family courts.
[Rejection of excessive focus placed
by the trial judge on sexual
abuse and
parental alienation as a ground for appeal of lower court's decision to grant sole custody to the Father with supervised access to the Mother.]»
Further, as respecting possible modification, because of past issues of the defendant failing to comply with orders of the court; providing token compliance with orders of the court while ignoring the spirit and intent of the orders (including the orders dated December 1, 2010); the defendant's lengthy pattern of contemptuous conduct; the expenses and financial waste caused
by the defendant; the substantial financial drain on the resources of the plaintiff and the guardian ad litem caused
by the defendant; the pattern of
parental alienation; prior false reports of
abuse and / or neglect to governmental entities; and the need for repose on the part of the minor child, it is anticipated that in addition to satisfaction of the foregoing conditions, no modification motion is permitted to be filed
by defendant regarding the sole physical and / or sole legal custody arrangements, except in the case of the plaintiff's total and permanent disability as determined
by the Social Security Administration, unless the following conditions are satisfied...» Eisenlohr v. Eisenlohr, 2011 WL 1566201 at * 4 (Conn.Super.).
This would thereby minimize the extent of the child
abuse caused by tactics utilized in parental alienation (Child Psychological Abuse noted in DSM - V) as well as the ruthless exploitation in a legal system when there is no «real» shared parenting by both loving and fit par
abuse caused
by tactics utilized in
parental alienation (Child Psychological
Abuse noted in DSM - V) as well as the ruthless exploitation in a legal system when there is no «real» shared parenting by both loving and fit par
Abuse noted in DSM - V) as well as the ruthless exploitation in a legal system when there is no «real» shared parenting
by both loving and fit parents.
This is also called Remarriage as a Trigger for
Parental Alienation Syndrome and can be further reviewed in an article
by Dr. Richard Warshak, There is no doubt this is isolation and thus psychological
abuse.
Children who have undergone forced separation from one of their parents in the absence of
abuse, including cases of
parental alienation, are highly subject to post-traumatic stress, and reunification efforts in these cases should proceed carefully and with sensitivity (research has shown that many alienated children can transform quickly from refusing or staunchly resisting the rejected parent to being able to show and receive love from that parent, followed
by an equally swift shift back to the alienated position when back in the orbit of the alienating parent; alienated children seem to have a secret wish for someone to call their bluff, compelling them to reconnect with the parent they claim to hate).
This, to our mind, is a landmark judgment, with the court, in this instance, placing the emotional harm caused
by parental alienation on an equal footing with physical
abuse, and accepting that the harm done to the child met the threshold criteria of significant harm.
Court filings quickly fill with mutual accusations
by one parent against the other, including sexual, physical, and emotional
abuse, brain - washing,
parental alienation syndrome, sabotage, and manipulation.
In the mid-1980's, Richard Gardner, a child psychiatrist who testified in custody disputes, coined the term
Parental Alienation Syndrome to explain why many cases of alleged child sexual
abuse against fathers were actually the result of the child being purposely alienated against the father
by the mother, to win an advantage in court.
I will NOT participate in or collude with the ability of a narcissistic parent to emotionally, psychologically, physically, or sexually
abuse the child and then avoid responsibility and nullify the protective efforts of the normal - range and healthy parent
by alleging that the child's allegations are simply a case of «
parental alienation.»
The presence in the child's symptom display of the three characteristic diagnostic indicators (i.e., the «psychological fingerprints») of the child's psychological influence and control
by a narcissistic / (borderline) parent represents sufficient and definitive clinical evidence that the symptomatic child - initiated cut - off of the child's relationship with the other parent is the direct result of the pathogenic parenting practices of a narcissistic / (borderline) parent (i.e., the allied and supposedly «favored» parent), who is using the child in a role - reversal relationship as a «regulatory other» (see my blog essay:
Parental Alienation as Child
Abuse: The Regulating Other) for the psychopathology of the narcissistic / (borderline) parent.
They are deeply and rightly concerned that the construct of «
parental alienation» defined
by Gardner is so poorly formed that it will allow narcissistic predatory parents to continue their
abuse, including the incestuous sexual
abuse of the child and the psychological domination of the child (and spouse) through threats of violence directed toward the child and spouse.
The valid concern is that the narcissistic targeted parent will externalize responsibility
by alleging «
parental alienation,» thereby continuing the child's exposure to emotional and psychological
abuse from profound
parental empathic failure and nullification of the child's self - authenticity, physical and psychological control and intimidation of the child, or active sexual exploitation of the child, and if the child reports the
abuse the narcissistic predator simply alleges that it's a «false allegation» because of «
parental alienation.»
The concerns expressed
by the critics are that the Gardnerian PAS model is too poorly defined so that it allows narcissistic targeted parents to continue their
abuse of children
by evading protection efforts through alleging «
parental alienation.»
The child - initiated cut - off of the child's relationship with a normal - range and affectionally available parent as a consequence of the distorted pathogenic parenting practices of a narcissistic / (borderline) parent in which the child is being used
by the narcissistic / (borderline) parent in a role - reversal relationship to meet the emotional and psychological needs of the personality disordered parent (i.e., «
parental alienation») may represent a trans - generational iteration of child sexual
abuse victimization that occurred a generation (or two) prior to the current child, but that is continuing to severely distort parent - child relationships through the distorted parenting practices of the narcissistic / (borderline) parent (whose own disordered personalty organization likewise represents the impact of the prior sexual
abuse victimization).
Due to the complexities of
parental alienation, any children in this position are at serious risk of being further
abused by those who are trying to help.
I agree; the consequences have been long documented in the social sciences;
parental alienation is considered
by many as a form of emotional
abuse.
Its really hard to discuss this anywhere without hearing «Oh your just trying to turn him against his mother» I know that happens alot and i know men and women are both guilty of it but in fact i had never heard of the term «
parental alienation syndrome» until a couple days ago, i was actually starting to think based on everyones reaction when i brought up my feelings that it was all in my head and even my son told me i was dillusional right before he stopped talking to me and cut all contact.His mother moved him away to another state when he was 4 basically without more than a few days noticed after i had relocated closer to him to spend more time together, there was no history of
abuse and i was paying support so that was a red flag anyway but hes 29 now and i feel like ive pretty much lost him forever.im in another location i moved to be able to see him more after my parents died in 2008 (about a month apart) but that has turned into a disaster since he no longer wants contact.He has a half brother here
by myself and my present wife but my youngest son is mentally disabled and unable to take care of himself, myself and my 2 sons are all that is left of my family i have no other relatives anymore and i feel horrible for anyone else who has to go through this.
no father shud b kept away frm ther child, every farthes name shud b on the d / o / b and his surname shud b the childs surname, im in the middle ov a dispute at this very moment, and the law is very very rong against a willin father...
Parental Alienation needs to be recognised
by CAFCASS and the courts as child
abuse!!!
The American Psychological Association published a technical paper in 2016
by Dr. Richard Warshak that confirms that
parental alienation is child
abuse, calling it «psychologically abusive» and «emotional
abuse.»
Parental alienation normally involves allegations of emotional, physical and sexual
abuse being made
by the alienating parent against the alienated parent.
One thing no longer in dispute
by mental health professionals is the fact that
parental alienation is a widely recognized form of child
abuse.
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I am a trial consultant and I get involved in the nastiest of custody battles including those characterized
by parental alienation and false allegations of sexual
abuse.
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Recognition of the developments of Dr. Gardner's contribution began with his first book on this topic, Family Evaluation in Child Custody Litigation published in 1982, and it was followed
by The
Parental Alienation Syndrome and the Differentiation Between Fabricated and Genuine Child Sex
Abuse in 1987.
Family court not recognizing
parental alienation as
abuse and not holding perjurers in contempt, allowing the slander of one parent
by the other with no consequence, are not acting in the interest of the children they believe they are protecting.
Parental Alienation is child
abuse and spousal
abuse and should be punishable
by law.
But if a parent inflicts child
abuse in the form of
Parental Alienation on her / his child they should be punished
by the law.
Our family has been destroyed
by parental alienation and for my daughter and countless other families enduring the same heart ache and
abuse, I am asking and praying for the effective and immediate change we need to end this nightmare and make this a crime punishable
by law.