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Category Archives: child custody litigation
She Said . . . What?! —Common Sense When Kids Talk to Judges
He said/she said. We hear this phrase a lot in child custody cases. It captures the idea that disputing former partners give conflicting accounts of reality. (For same-sex couples: he said/he said, or she said/she said.) Those charged with finding … Continue reading
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Tagged child custody, divorce poison, high conflict divorce, parental alienation, voiceofthechild, Warshak
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Blowback For Divorce Poison! Mother Jailed, Ordered to Pay $84k, and Stripped of Custody
Spain is a wonderful place to visit. World-class museums, unique architecture, distinctive cuisine. Welcoming to tourists. But not so hospitable to parents who lodge false abuse accusations to win custody. In a stunning ruling rarely seen on this side of … Continue reading
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Think an alienated child is well-adjusted? Dig deeper.
“Otherwise well adjusted.” That’s how some professionals rationalize doing nothing to help severely alienated children who reject a relationship with a good parent. If a child does well in school, enjoys extracurricular activities, and behaves well in one parent’s home, … Continue reading
Posted in alienated parents/rejected parents, child custody litigation, child trauma, Overcoming parental alienation, parental alienation/parental alienation syndrome, understanding parental alienation
Tagged best-interests of the child, divorce poison, high conflict divorce, parental alienation, parental alienation remedies
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Removal from An Alienating Parent Not a “Last Resort”
“The court must be alert to early signs of alienation. . . . It is emphatically not necessary to wait for serious, worse still irreparable, harm to be done before appropriate action is taken.” Continue reading
Posted in alienated parents/rejected parents, child abuse, child custody litigation, child trauma, Overcoming parental alienation, parental alienation/parental alienation syndrome
Tagged custody change, custody reversal, divorce poison, parental alienation, parental alienation remedies, refuse-resist dynamics, reunification, sex abuse accusations
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Do Nothin’ Til You Hear From Me
What should you do if your child rejects you? Ask a therapist this question before 2002 and the answer was probably, “Be patient. Your child will reach out within a couple of years.” After my first book on parental alienation … Continue reading
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Backlash Against Parental Alienation: Denial and Skepticism About Psychological Abuse
A boy wrote a letter to his mother telling her that she belonged in a mental institution, that she was nothing to him, that she was nothing but a screw-up, that she was sick, selfish, that he wanted to have … Continue reading
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Tagged child custody, divorce, divorce poison, high conflict divorce, interference with custodial access, parental alienation, parental alienation intervention, parental alienation syndrome, treatment for parental alienation, Warshak, Welcome Back Pluto
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Mistakes Alienated Parents Make: 2. Counter-rejection
In the early stages of alienation some rejected parents counter-reject their children. They rebuke the children for their negative attitudes, and tell them, in effect, “Shape up or ship out.” They expect, of course, the children to shape up. This … Continue reading
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Hearing Children’s Voices
Children’s perspectives can enlighten decisions regarding custody and parenting plans, but different opinions exist about how best to involve children in the decision-making process. Payoffs and Pitfalls of Listening to Children discusses why most procedures for soliciting children’s preferences do … Continue reading
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Stemming the Tide of Misinformation: International Consensus on Shared Parenting and Overnighting
White Paper This white paper describes the purpose and background of a two-year project to stem the tide of misinformation that was generating confusion about where the scientific community stood on shared parenting for preschool children. Four decades of research … Continue reading
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Tagged child custody, divorce, high conflict divorce, joint custody, overnights, shared parenting
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Spare Children Sophie’s Choice
I have a long-standing interest in how best to address children’s needs in custody decisions while protecting children from harmful involvement in their parents’ disputes and litigation. You can find some of my work on this topic by clicking here. … Continue reading
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