It also diverts attention away from the behaviors of the abusive parent, who may have directly influenced the children’s responses by acting in violent, disrespectful, intimidating, humiliating and/or discrediting ways toward the children themselves, or the children’s other parent.”
EXCERPTS
QUOTES:
“…Parental Alienation Syndrome shifts attention away from the dangerous behavior of the parent alleging the Parental Alienation
Syndrome. Secondly, a child’s reluctance or refusal to visit a
parent alleging Parental Alienation Syndrome may be better
explained by that non-custodial parent’s behavior, by the child’s developmental stage and the child’s reaction to divorce and parental
conflict than by the Parental Alienation Syndrome. I submit that in seventeen years representing thousands of children,those factors, and not the Parental Alienation Syndrome, most often describe a child’s relationship with the non-custodial parent, including their willingness or non-willingness to engage in visitation. I ask the social scientists, the psychologists and the judiciary to first consider these factors in assessing the problem in the non-custodial parent/child relationship.” –Junk Science v. Novel Scientific Evidence: Parental Alienation Syndrome, Getting It Wrong in Custody Cases” by Alayne Katz. Pace Law Review, Pace University, 2003.
http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1522&context=lawrev
“In contested custody cases, children may indeed express fear of, be concerned about, have distaste for, or be angry at one of their parents. Unfortunately, an all too common practice in such cases is for evaluators to diagnose children who exhibit a very strong bond and alignment with one parent and, simultaneously, a strong rejection of the other parent, as suffering from “parental alienation syndrome” or “PAS”. Under relevant evidentiary standards, the court should not accept this testimony…The discredited “diagnosis” of “PAS” (or allegation of “parental alienation”), quite apart from its scientific invalidity, inappropriately asks the court to assume that the children’s
behaviors and attitudes toward the parent who claims to have “alienated” have no grounding in reality. It also diverts attention away from the behaviors of the abusive parent, who may have directly influenced the children’s responses by acting in violent, disrespectful, intimidating, humiliating and/or discrediting ways toward the children themselves, or the children’s other parent.” (p.26) “Navigating Custody & Visitations in Cases with Domestic Violence: A Judge’s Guide”. This document was developed under grant number SJI-03-N-103 from the State Justice Institute. Published by The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2006.
http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/sites/documents/0000/0081/NCFCJ_guidebook_final
QUOTES:
“…Parental Alienation Syndrome shifts attention away from the dangerous behavior of the parent alleging the Parental Alienation
Syndrome. Secondly, a child’s reluctance or refusal to visit a
parent alleging Parental Alienation Syndrome may be better
explained by that non-custodial parent’s behavior, by the child’s developmental stage and the child’s reaction to divorce and parental
conflict than by the Parental Alienation Syndrome. I submit that in seventeen years representing thousands of children,those factors, and not the Parental Alienation Syndrome, most often describe a child’s relationship with the non-custodial parent, including their willingness or non-willingness to engage in visitation. I ask the social scientists, the psychologists and the judiciary to first consider these factors in assessing the problem in the non-custodial parent/child relationship.” –Junk Science v. Novel Scientific Evidence: Parental Alienation Syndrome, Getting It Wrong in Custody Cases” by Alayne Katz. Pace Law Review, Pace University, 2003.
http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1522&context=lawrev
“In contested custody cases, children may indeed express fear of, be concerned about, have distaste for, or be angry at one of their parents. Unfortunately, an all too common practice in such cases is for evaluators to diagnose children who exhibit a very strong bond and alignment with one parent and, simultaneously, a strong rejection of the other parent, as suffering from “parental alienation syndrome” or “PAS”. Under relevant evidentiary standards, the court should not accept this testimony…The discredited “diagnosis” of “PAS” (or allegation of “parental alienation”), quite apart from its scientific invalidity, inappropriately asks the court to assume that the children’s
behaviors and attitudes toward the parent who claims to have “alienated” have no grounding in reality. It also diverts attention away from the behaviors of the abusive parent, who may have directly influenced the children’s responses by acting in violent, disrespectful, intimidating, humiliating and/or discrediting ways toward the children themselves, or the children’s other parent.” (p.26) “Navigating Custody & Visitations in Cases with Domestic Violence: A Judge’s Guide”. This document was developed under grant number SJI-03-N-103 from the State Justice Institute. Published by The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2006.
http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/sites/documents/0000/0081/NCFCJ_guidebook_final
| Court Rulings Against Parental Alienation |
(A compilation of court rulings that have contested the controversial Parental Alienation Syndrome) ... The credibility of Dr Richard Gardner, originator of Alienation/Parental Alienation should be given serious consideration before his views are adopted in by this court, especially when determining the best interests...
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