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Tag Archives: family law
Parenting by the Clock: Is It Time to Replace the Best-Interest-of-the-Child Standard? With What?
At the end of a child custody trial, courts base decisions on the best interest of the child. Critics of this standard regard it as too subjective and have proposed various alternatives such as the primary parent presumption and a … Continue reading
Posted in child custody litigation
Tagged child custody, family law, high conflict divorce, Warshak
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Divorce Court: Mopping Up the Mess
Most people never have their day in court. They have no need. They commit no crimes. They avoid lawsuits. And they never testify at a trial. Most of us never even serve on a jury, despite being summoned every few … Continue reading
Alienated Children As Cat’s Paws
In The Monkey and the Cat, an Aesop fable put into verse by 17th century poet Jean de La Fontaine, Betrand the monkey induces Raton the cat to pull roasting chestnuts from the fire, by promising him a share. The … Continue reading
NY Higher Court Decision on Parental Alienation
MATTER OF BOND v. MacLEOD 2011 NY Slip Op 03153 509360.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department. Decided April 21, 2011. Based upon the expressed preferences of 13-year-old and 11-year-old children, and the mother ceasing her … Continue reading
NH Supreme Court on Parental Alienation
In a stunning ruling, of interest to all those concerned with parental alienation, the Supreme Court of New Hampshire overturned a lower court’s award of custody to a mother who was found to be alienating her children from their father.
Kudos for Pluto
The American Journal of Family Therapy, a peer-review, refereed journal, has published a review of the DVD, Welcome Back, Pluto: Understanding, Preventing, and Overcoming Parental Alienation. The review was co-written by forensic psychologist Dr. S. Richard Sauber, and attorney, David … Continue reading
Posted in Overcoming parental alienation, alienated parents/rejected parents, parental alienation/parental alienation syndrome, understanding parental alienation
Tagged child custody, divorce, divorce poison, family law, high conflict divorce, parental alienation, parental alienation intervention, parental alienation syndrome, Warshak, Welcome Back Pluto
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What Judges Need to Know in Parental Alienation Cases
The Complex Tapestry of Parent-Child Relations emphasizes that the psychology of alienated children cannot be reduced to a single factor. In some cases, the judge has little doubt that one parent is primarily responsible for the child’s alienation. It may … Continue reading
State of Plutoverse – 2010
This is the first of what I hope will be an annual column recapping significant professional events of the year. 2010 was unusual in the number of major milestones that occurred. I do not expect to have another banner year … Continue reading
Parental Alienation Gift Package
From 2000-2010 I produced a dozen works on parental alienation and parental alienation syndrome, not including the two editions of Divorce Poison. For parents, lawyers, and mental health professionals who want an easy way to acquire this body of work … Continue reading
Answering Critics – Part 1
The many parents I have helped, women and men, express astonishment that some people demonize me, attempt to tarnish my reputation, and spread misleading and false information about my work and me. Although my supporters far outweigh my detractors, the … Continue reading