Alienation of Affection Archives

How Do You Prove Parental Alienation in a Child Custody Case?

January 26, 2023

Usually rarely and with great effort and difficulty. Why? I have written other responses to this question and questions like it, so my answer here will be more concise than past answers, but I will still try to ensure that…

How Does One Prove False Allegations of Parental Alienation?

January 25, 2023

Divorce Utah

Alienation of Affection

false allegations, parental alienation

With great difficulty, in most (not all) cases. “It used to be a fashion amongst men that when a charge was made some sort of proof was brought forward to establish it, and if no proof was found to exist,…

What Can a Judge Do When The 13-Year-Old Child in a Custody Case Who Was a Victim of Parental Alienation Says They Want to Live in a Foster Home?

December 5, 2022

Divorce Utah

Alienation of Affection, Child Custody, Child Neglect

children, custody, foster care

Your question presumes that the judge heard from the child. In many cases (frankly most), even though the child has the greatest stake in the child custody award dispute, the child is “protected” from being heard on the subject (don’t…

My estranged father keeps asking me for money, what do I do?

My parents are divorced, my father has no savings, he didn’t work for the entire period of their marriage, we were estranged for a while and now we are back, but now he keeps asking me for money, what do…

Are there experts who can evaluate parental alienation for a custody case?

There are “expert” witnesses for virtually any and every issue in legal actions. Can judges be bamboozled by pseudo-scientific expert witnesses? Without question. Do some judges who know that the so-called expert witness’s testimony is pseudo-scientific bunk (or at least…

Can an adult child be sued for helping one parent divorce the other?

Taking your question literally: Can? Yes. You can file a lawsuit for any “reason” or no reason at all. Crazy and/or malicious people file crazy/malicious/frivolous/unintelligible lawsuits all the time. Just because you can file a lawsuit does not mean, however,…

Why isn’t 50/50 custody the default resolution in child custody cases?

I have studied this question throughout my career, and I’ve been a divorce and family lawyer for 25 years. If there is one family law question to which I know the answer, it is this one. Eventually, a rebuttable presumption…

Our agreement says no child support, can my ex ask for it anyway?

Can my ex ask for child support? I have a 50/50 custody and no child support divorce agreement, but his mother alienated him against me and now he refuses to visit me. The kid is 16 years old. I cannot speak for…

How do I pursue child visitation when I don’t know where the child is?

I’m preparing to begin pursuing child visitation. However, the child’s mother has moved and never told me where, and has cut off contact with me. How can I find out where she is now, or would getting a lawyer to…

Parental alienation

I just read the following comment made by a viewer of my UFLTV parental alienation interview with Kelly Peterson. This viewer wrote, “So basically, parental alienation is proved by documenting the instances of alienation over a long period of time, so that…

Why is disciplining a child a sign of parental alienation in the long-term?

October 11, 2021

Divorce Utah

Alienation of Affection, Children in Divorce, Divorce, Parental Alienation, Parental Fitness

Children in Divorce, disciplining, parental alienation, parenting, parenting issues, parents in divorce

This is an example of a logical fallacy; specifically, begging the question. It assumes the conclusion in the premise It is not a given that disciplining a child is a sign of parental alienation in the long-term. Disciplining a child…

Can an unemployed alienated parent be forced to help pay for a car for the child?

First, unless there is a statute or court order that requires a parent to purchase a car for a child, or that requires both parents to share the costs of purchasing a car for a child, it’s unlikely that a…

How do you stay strong while being alienated from your child?

September 3, 2021

Divorce Utah

Alienation of Affection, Divorce, Divorce Costs, Divorce Fears, Divorce Law, Family Law, Parental Alienation

alienation, child custody, divorce, divorce law, law, mental health, pain, parent problems, support

Any way that works for you (without running afoul of God or the law of the land, of course). Parental alienation is one of the most gut-wrenching miseries one can experience, and it is one of the hardest things to…

Why would my ex block contact with my child when we have shared joint custody?

July 22, 2021

Divorce Utah

Alienation of Affection, Best Interest of the Child, Child Custody, Children in Divorce, Custody, Divorce, Fathers' Divorce Issues, Joint Legal Custody, Men's Divorce Issues, Mothers' Divorce Issues, Parental Alienation, Parental Rights, Women's Divorce Issues

alienation of affection, Children in Divorce, contact, joint custody, maintaining relationship with child

Let me count the “reasons,” both legitimate and otherwise: Legitimate (though not necessarily legal, unless permitted by a court order) reasons: the contact you have with the child is truly and seriously harming the child emotionally and/or psychologically; the court…

How exactly does shared custody work? Does the child end up being like that kid from Jacqueline Wilson’s “The Suitcase Kid”?

How exactly does shared custody work? Does the child end up being like that kid from Jacqueline Wilson’s “The Suitcase Kid”? The child certainly can be like the child (Andrea) from Jacqueline Wilson’s “The Suitcase Kid,” if under a shared parenting arrangement…

The biological father of my child filed to establish paternity. He’s unfit and I haven’t been served yet. How can I handle this?

The biological father of my child filed to establish paternity. He’s unfit and I haven’t been served yet. How can I handle this? My answer applies to both mothers and fathers in this situation: Start preparing for the showdown now.…

What to do before a divorce, if you’re not in the wrong

What advice would you give someone before a divorce, if it’s known it may happen and you’re not in the wrong? This is a very important question that too few people ask. Does this sound familiar?: Your spouse is making…

Man awarded $750K in alienation of affection suit; his lawyer calls it a moral victory – abajournal.com

October 17, 2019

Divorce Utah

Alienation of Affection

adultery, alienation of affection, alienation of affections, constitutional, divorce, homewrecker, law suit, tort

Click here to go to the story at abajournal.com: Man awarded $750K in alienation of affection suit; his lawyer calls it a moral victory abajournal.com BY DEBRA CASSENS WEISS OCTOBER 7, 2019