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Category Archives: child custody litigation
Ten Parental Alienation Fallacies
I am pleased to announce my new paper, published online earlier this month by the American Psychological Association (APA). Ten Parental Alienation Fallacies That Compromise Decisions in Court and in Therapy passed a peer review process and was published in … Continue reading
Posted in alienated parents/rejected parents, child custody litigation, Overcoming parental alienation, parental alienation/parental alienation syndrome, understanding parental alienation
Tagged child custody, divorce, divorce poison, Family Bridges, family law, high conflict divorce, parental alienation, parental alienation intervention, parental alienation syndrome, reunification therapy, treatment for parental alienation, Warshak
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Daddy, Tell Me A Bedtime Story
Mom instilled a love of music in me at an early age. When I was three years old, she gave me a small record player with a couple of small red plastic disks especially for kids, and a few 78 … Continue reading
What Courts Can Do About Parental Alienation
Last February I was honored to be invited to Victoria, British Columbia to film segments as a guest on the leading talk show produced in Canada: Family Matters. The show is hosted by Justice Harvey Brownstone who is actually a … Continue reading
Posted in alienated parents/rejected parents, child abuse, child custody litigation, Overcoming parental alienation, parental alienation/parental alienation syndrome, understanding parental alienation
Tagged adversary system, child custody, divorce, divorce court, divorce poison, estranged relationships, family law, family relationships, high conflict divorce, interference with custodial access, parental alienation, parental alienation intervention, parental alienation syndrome, treatment for parental alienation, Warshak
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Teaching Children to Hate
Two common divorce scenarios: You thought your marriage was on solid ground, until you discovered your spouse’s affair. You file for divorce, and blame the end of your marriage on your spouse’s infidelity. Or, you knew your relationship was fraught … Continue reading
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Managing Severe Cases of Parental Alienation
I am pleased to announce my new article: Managing Severe Cases of Parental Alienation. Published by the State Bar of Texas, it includes never-before-published material previously available only through my trial testimony and consultation. Some of the highlights: • 3 … Continue reading
Posted in alienated parents/rejected parents, child custody litigation, Overcoming parental alienation, parental alienation/parental alienation syndrome, understanding parental alienation
Tagged child custody, divorce, divorce poison, high conflict divorce, parental alienation, parental alienation intervention, parental alienation syndrome, treatment for parental alienation, Warshak
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State of Plutoverse – 2011
In case you wondered, other projects have pushed my annual review of the year to the side for a couple of months. File this column under: better late than never. Pluto Transforms Lives Across Six Continents 2011 saw the spread … Continue reading
Posted in child custody litigation, notes to readers, Overcoming parental alienation, parental alienation/parental alienation syndrome
Tagged divorce, divorce poison, high conflict divorce, parental alienation, parental alienation intervention, parental alienation syndrome, treatment for parental alienation, Warshak, Welcome Back Pluto
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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
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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