You may find the full article from which this excerpt is drawn on westlaw: "The existence of alienation is not equivalent to a denial of child abuse or intimate partner violence. What is concerning is that the feminist advocates who, in the name of helping women, deny that alienation exists, do a great disservice to [...]

Although the original proponent of Parental Alienation Syndrome, Richard Gardner, formulated the opinion that women were primarily the instigators of parental alienation and men the targets of the same, I do not believe I have seen sufficient evidence to regard that as true.  In fact, my experience has been that men are just as likely [...]

 Parental Alienation Is Open Heart Surgery: It Needs More than a Bandaid To Fix It, 34 Cal.W.L.Rev. 567 (1998). This Comment specifically discusses parental alienation, a process by which one parent consciously tries to divide the child, to pry the child loose *568 from involvement with the other parent. Section one deals with statistics of [...]

J.F. v. L.F., 181 Misc.2d 722, 694 N.Y.S.2d 592, 1999 N.Y. Slip Op. 99408 (N.Y.Fam.Ct. Jun 25, 1999) "Thus, in light of the totality of the circumstances, the Court has concluded that the best interests of these children are served by awarding custody to the father. The Court acts with a weighty awareness of the gravity of [...]

Because of the unique characteristics of American law, which is an adversarial model in which both sides present arguments and evidence favorable to their position (rather than presenting arguments which favor the truth, whether bad or good for the client) it is no secret that anything involving the legal system and attorneys faces significant challenges [...]

I am a huge fan of an organization called the "High Conflict Institute", founded by Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq., and Megan L. Hunter, MBA. Their unique approach to dealing with conflict comes from years of studying conflicts, and the realization that the conflicts are not driven by events, but in fact driven by the personalities [...]

With the recent events in which General Petraeus has resigned after his affair with biographer Paula Broadwell, national attention is turning to the "other other woman" who received emails from Broadwell which caused that woman, whose name is Jill Kelley to report these emails to the authorities.  Mrs. Kelley, a Tampa socialite married to a [...]

One of the troubling aspects of parental alienation is the manner in which the children are enlisted on the "side" of the alienating parent.  Because the alienating parent has successfully convinced the children that the other parent is their enemy, the children are presented to the court, therapists, and the general public as being "independent [...]

It is no secret that in family law there are those individuals who are willing to stop at almost nothing to cause harm and wreak vengeance upon a spouse who dares to oppose them. Most of these individuals suffer from terrible personality disorders and these individuals are encouraged by the manner in which our adversarial [...]

Although justice can and does happen on a daily basis in the family courts here in California, one need only be at the end of an injustice to lose all hope and faith in the system.  I often tell people seeking advice that justice is not the purpose behind the courts, but conflict resolution.  Justice [...]