In all 13, court-appointed psychologists ignored children’s testimony of sexual abuse, and in some cases, medical findings of abuse, and even previous sex-offender violations.

 “WORLD reviewed histories on 13 PAS cases—in California, Texas, New York, North Carolina, Georgia, Utah, and other states. These cases had something in common: documentation. In all 13 cases, court records show the mother had already been found a fit parent, and was in most cases already the primary custodial parent. In all 13, court-appointed psychologists ignored children’s testimony of sexual abuse, and in some cases, medical findings of abuse, and even previous sex-offender violations. And in all 13 cases, court-appointed mediators concluded that the mothers had inculcated PAS in their children and recommended Dr. Gardner’s standard prescription: to strip custody from the mother and place the child with the father for ‘deprogramming.’” “Little girls lost?: Embraced in family courts across the country, a controversial “syndrome” may be placing abused children at risk” by Lynn Vincent. WORLD Magazine (2-08-2003). http://www.worldmag.com/articles/6825