Parental alienation

Parental alienation happens when one parent influences a child to turn against the other parent. This issue arises in many custody cases and can cause emotional harm to both the child and the alienated parent. Many people assume this is rare, but it happens more often...

Married parents generally divorce because of a change in their relationship. Bad behavior or a mismatch of values can result in an unsustainable family arrangement. The fact that they share children with one another means that the divorcing spouses do not have the...

Parental alienation is a type of misconduct engaged in by parents that can cause emotional devastation for the parent who is not effectively permitted to maintain a healthy and happy relationship with their children. Instead of sharing custody gracefully, one parent...

Divorce is often a painful and complicated process, but when conflict levels are high, it can become particularly challenging. For example, a high-conflict divorce involving the parents of minors can sometimes become so contentious that one parent tries to pit their...

When parents divorce, most of them eventually put aside their hostilities toward the other and settle into a (more-or-less) cooperative co-parenting arrangement. But sometimes, they don’t. When a parent remains bitter, hostile and aggrieved long after a divorce is...

When the marriage is no longer tenable and both parties agree to divorce, one of the subjects the court will handle with utmost seriousness is the children’s post-divorce living arrangements.  Most often, the court will prefer an arrangement where a co-parenting plan...

Some divorcing couples may be able to handle changes for themselves and their children. Other couples may have a more difficult time with the changes and their emotions. For some of these families, the children may be the ones to suffer. What parental alienation looks...

One of the worst things that can happen to a parent after a divorce is to be alienated from the children. This process can ruin relationships in ways that the children do not even understand. The goal for parents after splitting up should be to work together to...