Hostile Aggressive Parenting is exhibited in such a situation where one parent hopes to
alienate children from the other parent for a variety of reasons.
Parental alienation is a course of conduct in which one parent uses denigration and various degrees of criticism to
alienate a child from the other parent for false or exaggerated reasons.
Not exact matches
Feeling
alienated from her
child's education, she and
other parents rallied
for teachers to make home visits.
In one Missouri case, the court said that the facts of a case showed «an attempt by one
parent to
alienate a
child from the
other parent is a changed condition and can form the basis
for modification.»
For example, in a survey of
parents who are targets of alienation, Baker and Darnell4 found that targeted
parents reported that alienators interfered with
parenting time (e.g., scheduled appointments or frequently called during the
other parent's
parenting time), interfered with contact with the
children (e.g., intercepted phone messages or email), interfered with symbolic contact like gift giving (e.g., threw away gifts or sent them back), did not inform them about important information (e.g., school activities, doctor appointments), threatened to take
children away
from the them, and formed unhealthy alliances with the
children such as having had their
children spy and report back information to the
alienating parent, or sending cell phones with
children to call the
alienating parent from the target
parent's home.
On the
other hand, if you are filing
for sole custody because you plan to
alienate your
child from her
other parent and the court picks up on this, it will likely see your actions as an abuse of the custody process and not award you sole custody.
Parental Alienation Syndrome Intervention (Non-Profit) Resources
for parents who believe their
children are being
alienated from them by the
other parent
It's also possible
for the
child to be
alienated from one
parent without any campaign of denigration by the
other.
Our courts have previously held that facts showing an attempt by one
parent to
alienate a
child from the
other parent can form the basis
for modification of custody.
The key
for children is to reunite with the
alienated parent, ideally with the support of the
other parent, which necessarily entails temporary separation
from that
parent.
Whether one
parent is
alienating a
child from the
other is an important factor to be considered in change of custody cases
for, just as the chancellor noted below, a caring relationship with both
parents is essential to a healthy upbringing.
This state of facts showing an attempt by one
parent to
alienate a
child from the
other parent is a changed condition and can form the basis
for a modification of custody, Eatherton v. Eatherton, 725 S.W. 2d 125, 128 (Mo.App.
A
parent who has had a
child alienated from them by the acts of the
other parent could make out a claim against the
alienating parent to establish a cause of action
for intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Attempts to
alienate the
child can be done in many different ways:
from moving far enough away (though legal) to make it terribly inconvenient
for the
parent who may not have physical custody, to making overt / covert statements (better known as «bad - mouthing») about the
other parent.
In the
other thirteen cases, various interventions were tried, ranging
from therapy
for each of the
parents individually, therapy
for the
parents together, therapy
for the
children with the
alienated parent, therapy fur the
children with the
alienating parent, and the assignment of a Guardian Ad Litem to the case.
They are not weapons to be use against the
other parent.Courts have made it too easy
for the custodial
parent to
alienate children from their
other parent and family.
It is unfair
for one
parent to
alienate the
child from the
other parent and
other family members.
Minimizing the DV or
child abuse allegations, the family dynamic proponents are likely to blame mothers
for exaggerating their abuse allegations, not emphasize the anger that victims feel (indeed, they treat it as a weakness and possibly an indication of instability and poor
parenting), and assume that mothers raise abuse allegations to
alienate their
children from their
other parent.