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Category Archives: Legal Action
Fighting Back using the Legal System – Part VIII
11. Inadequate or destructive court orders, continued: Different conditions prevail if your child is severely alienated. When is your child “severely alienated” ? When your relationship has been disrupted to the point that interaction with you is either non-existent or … Continue reading
Fighting Back Using the Legal System – Part VII
10. Even excellent assessments may be ignored. You may be rewarded to find that your assessor has understood the situation clearly, has written an accurate and persuasive report, and has made recommendations that would really help. This is great, but … Continue reading
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Tagged parental alienation, PAS
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Fighting Back Using the Legal System – Part VI
8. Time – Slowness and Delays. Time and space away from you are what the alienator needs to establish and perpetuate alienation from you. Time and space away from the alienator are what your children need to be free to … Continue reading
Helpful Article on Controversies around PAS and Parental Alienation in the Legal and Psychotherapeutic Communities
Having your children suffering from alienation is bad enough. Discovering that there is angry and inflammatory discourse about the very existence of parental alienation adds another layer of discouragement! You may be dismayed to learn that there is a cohort … Continue reading
Fighting Back Using the Legal System – Part V
7. The Office of the Children’s Lawyer (OCL), or a guardian ad litem (GAL) in the U.S. You would think this would be a solution, wouldn’t you? But alas, no. Based on experiences of others relayed to me, very often the OCL apparently … Continue reading
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Tagged Office of the Children's Lawyer, parental alienation, PAS
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Fighting Back Using the Legal System – Part IV
5. The lack of continuity: You may see a different judge every time you are in court. In fact, unless your case is “case-managed”, seeing a different judge each time is normal. When you are involved with an alienator, this … Continue reading
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Tagged family law, parental alienation, PAS
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Your Lawyer – Realistic Expectations & what you can do
Do not expect your lawyer to be able to save the day. First, your lawyer may not be well-informed about alienation. MOST are not. You must educate yourself and you may have to educate your lawyer too. Second, the smartest, … Continue reading
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Tagged lawyers, parental alienation, PAS, working with a lawyer
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A couple of thoughts about mediation and money
I’ll need to revise my last post about finding the right lawyer. I thought of another warning sign – any lawyer who pushes for closed mediation to deal with parental alienation (or therapist or advisor of any sort, for that … Continue reading
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Fighting Back Using the Legal System – Part III
4. How do you find a lawyer who understands and knows how to fight PAS? You might not be able to find anyone who is familiar and experienced with a case that was described as “parental alienation” per se, but … Continue reading
Fighting Back Using the Legal System – Part II
2. The Expense. Enormous. Astonishing. Surreal. You can easily spend hundreds of thousands of dollars. Some lawyer’s services can be obtained for free, if you can secure pro bono assistance from an individual or an organization, or if you qualify … Continue reading
