Family Law

Parental Alienation

By Robert M. Kisselburgh, Esq.

Parental Alienation--pitting your child against the other parent

Parental alienation ? a hot topic in family law across the nation - is defined as a systematic alienation of a child from one parent, purposely caused by the other parent. A poisoning, if you will, of the child against a parent because of the words and actions of the other.

More and more, courts are being called on to review custody and visitation arrangements based on claims of parental alienation. In Mississippi, it is very unusual for primary physical custody to be modified based on interference with custody or visitation alone. Unusual but not impossible, especially when programmed parental alienation can be proved.

Full post as published by Mississippi Family Law Blog on August 31, 2008 (boomark / email).