The problem with parental alienation in the courts stems from its lack of formal recognition as a "scientifically reliable" theory, a controversy that has contributed to scant case law on the topic.

I and two co-authors recently completed an analysis of all United States state statutes pertaining to the child, factors judges should be considering when deciding custody disputes. Factors vary from ...

While parental alienation is most usually discussed as a cause of adult child-parent estrangement, I think it's more productive and accurate to see it as a form of verbal abuse and a manipulative ...

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 ...

Americans are locked in a crazy custody battle for their children – with the government. The Biden-Harris administration and state governments, such as Gov. Tim Walz’s Minnesota, are supporting the ...

On the first day of a weeklong custody trial that could have sweeping ramifications for the unsupported theory of “parental alienation,” a father accused of sexually abusing his children testified ...

Custody cases involving accusations of parents turning their children against the other, and pushback from experts who dismiss parental alienation as junk science that can end up returning children to ...

On the second day of a contentious custody trial that could have far-reaching ramifications for survivors of abuse in family court, 16-year-old Ty Larson took the ...

Two siblings who barricaded themselves in a bedroom in Utah for two months earlier this year to defy a court order giving their father custody — an act that stoked a social media firestorm — will ...