Children and parents who have undergone forced separation from each other in the absence of abuse, including cases of parental alienation, are highly subject to post-traumatic stress; thus, ...

Prevention of the disintegration of families is such an important goal that judges, traditionally cautious, practical, and careful, can be enlisted to actively try to reverse the effects of a family's ...

The Act would erase parental alienation from custody decisions, shielding alienators and stripping judges of tools to protect ...

Nine months ago, Ohio Republican state Rep. Rodney Creech was a pariah in Columbus. Old allegations of gross sexual misconduct with a minor female relative had resurfaced and the Preble County ...

L-R: Elisa Reiter, Daniel Pollack, and Jeffrey Siegel. Courtesy photos Few topics in family law generate more heated debate than parental alienation (PA). For decades, mental health and legal ...

Two new articles—“Parental Alienating Behaviors: An Unacknowledged Form of Family Violence” (Harman, Kruk, & Hines, 2018), appearing in Psychological Bulletin, and “Parental Alienation as a Form of ...

When parents separate, arrangements for their children, can be hard to agree. It can be particularly hard where a child starts refusing to see their other parent. This autumn, new guidance is being ...

When parents fight, children often get caught in the middle. But sometimes, the conflict goes a step further—a parent convinces the child to dislike or even reject the other. This is called parental ...

Parental alienation is a real problem in disputes over custody in Virginia. This happens when one parent tries to harm or disrupt the relationship of a child with the other ...

In March 2026, a question that still surfaces in family courts, therapist offices, and church parking lots across the country ...