Eliminating Consideration of Parental Wealth in Post-Divorce Child Custody Disputes

Parental Alienation Syndrome vs. Parental Alienation: Which Diagnosis Should Evaluators Use in Child-Custody Disputes?

Children who have been programmed by one parent to be alienated from the other parent are commonly seen in the context of child-custody disputes. Such programming is designed to strengthen the position of the programming parent in a court of law. Many evaluators use the term parental alienation syndrome (PAS) to refer to the disorder engendered in such children. In contrast, there are evaluator...

Integrative family therapy for high-conflict divorce with disputes over child custody and visitation.

A growing number of divorcing families become locked in intractable disputes over child custody and visitation. This article describes an integrative family therapy approach targeted toward such families. Aspects of this treatment include negotiating a clear therapy contract, creating a multipartial alliance with all parties, assessing through the lens of specific understandings about these cas...

The role of stepparents in child custody disputes.

Divorce has become a part of the fabric of an ever-increasing number of American families. Few extended families are untouched by its ramifications. In many families of divorce. boundaries are redrawn and relationships are redefined. Frequently, remarriage imposes yet another complicating factor for the members ofthe new families. Visher and Visher l have defined "stepfamily" as a family in whi...

Within the best interests of the child: the factor of parental status in custody disputes arising from surrogacy contracts.

Unilateral Divorce vs. Child Custody and Child Support in the US

There is extensive literature examining changes in divorce rates focusing on the effects of changes in divorce laws. Previous analysis omits reforms that introduced changes in divorce settlements. This might in somehow obscure the impact of unilateral reforms on divorce rates. In this paper, we extend on the previous analyses offering insights on the impact of unilateral divorce on divorce rate...