The Language Of Divorce
How we communicate and the language we use is fundamental to all of our lives How parents talk about the world, their problems and relationships and h...
Parental alienation refers to a situation where a child appears resistant to an ongoing relationship with a parent despite having had a “good-enough”, loving relationship prior to the family breakdown. Their resistance is a disproportionate response when the entirety of their experience is considered.
How Do The Family Courts Deal With Parental Alienation?
If a child is refusing to see one parent, the family court will have to consider why that child is refusing to see that parent. A child is likely to be refusing to see one parent either because of 1) their lived experience of that parent, or 2) their perception of that parent which may be wholly unjustified. If their perception of a parent is wholly unjustified it is important for the court to consider why the child holds such a distorted perception – it may or may not be because of the covert or overt actions (or inactions) of the resident parent.
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External Resources
What about Aruna?
Four short films presented by Clinical Psychologist Dr Angharad Rudkin. Lots of information based on evidence of the importance of parents in the life of a child and the negative outcomes arising from parental absence.
Cafcass Child Impact Assessment Framework
The Cafcass Child Impact Assessment Framework (CIAF) sets out how children may experience parental separation and how this can be understood and acted on in Cafcass.
