Richard Ducote, one of America’s leading child abuse and domestic violence attorneys, recently cross-examined parental alienation ‘expert’ Robert Evans in a court in Pennsylvania. Ducote’s expertise shone through, while Evan’s testimony left readers horrified as he described his extreme and shocking beliefs, reminiscent of his idol and inventor of parental alienation syndrome, Richard Gardner.
Read moreParental Alienation Lawyers & Experts Hoodwink Alienated Parents
Real alienation (psychological abuse)
To be alienated from your child brings the most unimaginable pain. A highly narcissistic individual will put their needs to hurt their ex before the parenting needs of their child. A parent who attempts to alienate a child has a worrying lack of empathy which allows them to behave in an agonisingly cruel manner.
Read moreFamily Courts Allow Perpetrators To Weaponize the System: They Have Betrayed Mothers & Children
Psychologically unsafe and violent fathers are using the family court system to terrorise mothers. When a dangerous father can no longer wield power and control in the home, they revert to using the family court to continue their torment and abuse. Some judges and welfare reporters are abusing their position to protect and assist dangerous fathers at the expense of the safety of children.
Read moreParental Alienation: The Grand Charade
A pattern emerged in the family courts of parental alienation (PA) raised as a response to domestic abuse claims. It resulted in brutal outcomes for mothers and children. The need for a child to maintain contact became a priority as society was subtly influenced to believe in a new stereotype; a hostile, vindictive mother; a woman scorned.
Read moreParental Alienation Exposed: Exploring The Stereotypes
There is no universal definition of parental alienation, but leading researchers offer a gender-neutral description as follows;
“Where a child expresses unreasonable negative feelings and beliefs (including fear) about a parent that are significantly disproportionate to that child’s actual experience with that parent”.
Read moreParental Alienation Bias in the Family Court: the Abuser, the 'Experts' and the Villainess
When a child resists contact with an abusive father, the mother may raise an action in the Family Court to vary contact. When she does, her situation becomes frightening. The more she tries to prove her ex's controlling and dangerous behaviour, the more powerful he becomes.
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