How to Prove Parental Alienation Sydrome
My question involves a child custody case from the State of: kentucky
My husband and the child's mother have share joint custody, with my husband having residential custody and the child's mother receives standard visitation. During the last 2 years the child's behavior has become uncontrollable. The child's mother is constantly calling Social Services and law enforcement reporting false incidents. The child has been in two behavior centers, is currently seeing a physiatrist (taking medication for ODD, bipolar, and depression), seeing an impact plus therapist, and having counseling as a family with our church pastor.
The child had stated to several people that mom is the riot of the problem. I was informed about Parental alienation syndrome. I researched it and I believe PAS describes our situation to a T!!!!! Nothing is being done in the court system, however we are in the process of filing out if control petition on the child.
How do we get the judge to see that the child's behavior is being coached to her. And how do we handle things from here?
Re: How to Prove Parental Alienation Sydrome
Well, you didn't research enough. PAS has been completely discredited.
PA, on the other hand, is valid.
Your husband needs to answer this question though: If he's the residential (primary) parent, what has HE done about keeping junior in line? I promise you this is not all Mom's fault.
And seriously? Why not just let Mom have custody?
Re: How to Prove Parental Alienation Sydrome
Quote:
Quoting
DealingwithPAS
My husband and the child's mother have share joint custody, with my husband having residential custody and the child's mother receives standard visitation. During the last 2 years the child's behavior has become uncontrollable.
So the child spends a majority of their time with dad...but you want the court to believe that MOM is the root cause, is that correct?
Quote:
The child's mother is constantly calling Social Services and law enforcement reporting false incidents.
How are you implying that this is impacting the child? Has the child been removed from the home due to these reports? Has the child been interviewed as a result of these reports? What is the EXACT nature of the reports? What is mom claiming is happening to the child? Where might mom be hearing about any incidents that she's blowing out of proportion, or are you implying that mom is simply making stuff up out of thin air? Few people are willing to notify law enforcement of something they KNOW to be completely false, lest they end up facing a criminal charge of their own - if this is what you're implying, has law enforcement actually charged her with filing a knowingly false report?
Quote:
The child has been in two behavior centers, is currently seeing a physiatrist (taking medication for ODD, bipolar, and depression), seeing an impact plus therapist, and having counseling as a family with our church pastor.
Children of divorce have all SORTS of problems. They also need all kinds of help.
Quote:
The child had stated to several people that mom is the riot of the problem.
And when the child has their own Ph.D. in psychiatry, that self reflection might be meaningful. As it stands, it's not. You're the one who told us that the child has ODD - do you realize what that does to ANY statement about EITHER parent that comes from the child???
Quote:
I was informed about Parental alienation syndrome. I researched it and I believe PAS describes our situation to a T!!!!!
What does the child's neutral third party professional think? THAT is all the court is going to care about.
Quote:
Nothing is being done in the court system
Are you asking why not? What is dad WANTING to be done?? Courts don't generally go looking for things to do. If law enforcement or social services haven't seen fit to cause the court to get involved, then dad is going to have to petition the court for whatever he's seeking.
Quote:
however we are in the process of filing out if control petition on the child
Exactly what is dad asking for in this petition? (Just to be clear, there is no "we" in this. It's dad, and only dad, to the court.)
Quote:
How do we get the judge to see that the child's behavior is being coached to her?
Well for starters dad will need to rely on the professionals involved in the child's evaluation and therapy/treatment. Those are the only people the court gives creedence to, regardless of what hopefully well-meaning step parents read on the internet. That's not meant to be snarky, but this child is HEAVILY involved with mental health and psychiatric care, and if THOSE professionals felt that PA (as opposed to PAS) was playing a key factor here, they'd have indicated so. Instead, you've told us that dad is the custodial parent, meaning the child spends the MAJORITY of the time under HIS roof, and that the child has ODD - which has it's own causes and complications and results in the "out of control" behaviors that dad is apparantly seeking to petition the court about. I'm not seeing the DIRECT connection between A) mom's making reports of potential abuses that haven't gone anywhere and B) the child's ODD. Care to build that bridge for us?
Quote:
And how do we handle things from here?
The father should work with an attorney who has the ability to see the sitiation as the COURT will see the situation, and whose review of the child's medical and mental health records will provide a REALISTIC overview of the court's likely attitude at the situation and dad's proposed course of action.
And just for the record, most people's "research" into Dr. Gardner and PAS doesn't get far ENOUGH to find that among other things, Dr. Gardner also advocated that there is no damage except social stigma to children from having sex with adults, and further advocated that mandatory child abuse reporting be abolished as well as anonymity for reporting child abuse. Gardner is a quack with a political agenda aimed at aiding those wishing to USE children, not aimed at HELPING children. Additionally, because of it's lack of scientific validity, PAS doesn't meet standards of admissibility under either Frye or Daubert. Want to know more about the LEGAL issues behind PAS being discredited, check here:
https://ritualabuse.us/research/pare...tion-syndrome/
Some of the confusion likely occurs because many websites, including THIS one, STILL publish information on PAS as if it is recognized as an actual syndrome or could be beneficial in the courtroom, when it isn't, and it won't be. That's why laypersons need to rely on attorneys and professionals, rather than Google - because it can be VERY confusing - ANY idiot can publish content to the web. That doesn't make it credible OR admissible in a courtroom. That's why we HAVE tests and standards for accepting testimony based on scientific research, and PAS fails these tests. The Supreme Court has said loud and clear that PAS is junk science. Other courts therefore follow suit.
Re: How to Prove Parental Alienation Sydrome
I don't think there's anything anyone can add to that absolutely wonderful post.
Re: How to Prove Parental Alienation Sydrome
Quote:
Quoting https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/
Ritual Abuse
Proof That Ritual Abuse Exists
Satanic Ritual Abuse
Satanic ritual abuse exists all over the world. There have been reports, journal articles, web pages and criminal convictions of these horrific crimes against children and adults.
Quote:
Quoting https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/articles/wikipedia-has-a-long-history-of-problems/
Wikipedophilia By James R. Marsh on April 20, 2010
“About two years ago, rumors started floating around about Wikipedia’s involvement with child pornography and the pedophile agenda.
Ohhhhh Myyyyyyy
that's some weapons grade crazy right there