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Parental Alienation
Parental Alienation is an effort by one parent to cause a child to fear
or dislike the other parent. Parental alienation occurs in varying
degrees of intensity. Some occasional disparagement of the other
parent in the presence of children probably occurs in the vast majority
of divorce cases. On the other extreme, judges see parents who
attempt to fill a child's head with hatred for the other parent on a
daily basis. This may occur during custody litigation as an effort to
obtain a primary custody award or an ally in the litigation. It may
occur shortly after a permanent custody award in an effort to change
the prior custody award.
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