Parental alienation is the psychological manipulation of a child by one parent against the other parent. The term itself is controversial, yet can show up frequently in matters of custody, visitation, ...

The 7 On Your Side Investigates team is taking a deeper look at a controversial practice used by judges in high-conflict child custody battles called reunification treatment. Judges order the ...

Alan Feigenbaum and Deepti Shenoy present a Q&A with retired matrimonial Judge Richard Dollinger where they examine parental alienation in custody disputes and highlight the challenges courts face in ...

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Children and parents who have undergone forced separation from each other in the absence of abuse, including cases of parental alienation, are highly subject to post-traumatic stress; thus, ...

Adam Venetis came home on a Saturday morning nearly three years ago to find his wife at the door of their house in Phoenix with her bags packed. Leah Venetis had woken up their three children, told ...

Over the past year, Hannah Dreyfus has published a stream of “parent’s worst nightmare” journalism on ProPublica. A recent story featured a Colorado mom, Christine, who lost custody of her young son ...

After a breakup, it is not at all uncommon for one parent to manipulate one or more of the former couple's children into distancing themselves from the other parent. This is called "parental ...

How the 'junk science' of parental alienation infiltrated American family courts and allowed accused child abusers to win custody of their kids. This story was reported in partnership with the ...

Parental alienation is when one parent manipulates the child into distancing themselves from the other parent. But does this leave detectable biological evidence? Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...