Parental alienation is a real problem in disputes over custody in Virginia. This happens when one parent tries to harm or disrupt the relationship of a child with the other ...

Alienation is fickle. There’s a moment on Pavement’s 1997 song ‘Shady Lane’ where frontman Stephen Malkmus sings, “You’ve been chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation of the sequel to your life”.

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

The concept of parental alienation was first put forth by Dr. Richard Gardner in 1985. Parental alienation primarily occurs during a high-conflict divorce in which the child identifies strongly with ...

A distraught divorced mother reports that when her formerly loving daughter returns from vacations at her father's house, the child treats her with disrespect and hostility. A divorced father of a ...

Like most other grandparents around the country, John and his wife, Anne, can’t see their grandchildren during the Covid-19 shutdown. But for them the pain of separation started long before the ...

Parental alienation occurs when a child refuses to have a relationship with a parent due to manipulation, such as the conveying of exaggerated or false information, by the other parent. The situation ...