We Need Changes in How Courts Handle Parental Alienation

What about “therapeutic jurisprudence”?

Posted Jun 06, 2019

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When one parent alienates children from the other parent, the outcome can so seriously harm the child that alienation is now considered child abuse. Yet the courts in many instances misunderstand these cases and fail to protect either the children or the targeted parent. What changes to the courts’ system for handling these cases could upgrade the outcomes?

Read more: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/resolution-not-conflict/201906/we-need-changes-in-how-courts-handle-parental-alienation