Category: Latest News
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UN Investigates ‘Parental Alienation’ Theory
The UN announced a consultation into the issues surrounding ‘parental alienation’ allegations in children’s proceedings in family court. Victims of abuse are five times more likely to be accused of ‘parental alienation’ in family court. The impacts on survivors of domestic abuse are profound. You can read the report based on Paramily’s submission to the…
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The Malignant Pseudo Science of Parental Alienation
The tragic irony is that it is worse to accuse than to abuse because many judges, attorneys, and psychologists believe in the notion of ‘parental alienation’ as explaining most abuse allegations. The perverse consequence of this is that evidence of real abuse is discredited even before it is properly investigated.
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UK Abuse Victims ‘Effectively Criminalised’
The next time you tell someone who’s going through abuse to stop contact with the person who is harming them or ask them to report it – know that those things could now be part of a criminal offence.
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State Sanctioned Abuse and the Enforced Removal of Children
It’s difficult to forget the harrowing screams of children and mothers torn apart from each other. That the state can do this without just cause is a truth that needs to be widely known. The establishment deserves to feel a shockwave, because this film is a public wake-up call to a brutal reality.
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Britney Spears Testimony ‘eerily familiar’ for Victims in Family Court
It appears that by controlling Britney’s contact with her children, her father behaved like every other coercive controller out there who has access to children. Victims in family court know only too well this pattern, where an abuser will utilize any leverage they can, even if that happens to be their own children. “Anything that…
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Parental Alienation Discredited as Unscientific ‘Nazi Theory’
Spain and Italy heard how judicial and social work interpretation of legislation were clouded by prejudices and stereotypes. This poor understanding has led to an explosion in the use of misogynistic narratives like parental alienation; otherwise known as ‘malevolent mother syndrome’ or ‘implacable hostility’ in custody disputes, with chilling outcomes for children.
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Tories U-Turn on Domestic Abuse
The Bill was truly taking shape to be a giant leap forward for victims. Until it arrived in the House of Commons on 15th April 2021, and everything good in the Bill, was callously rejected.
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‘Toxic Conflict’ Didn’t Kill Little Keira
“He had form, and plenty of it. The court knew and ignored it. He displayed all the red flags that make anyone with any experience of violent offenders poise to spring into protective action when they hear it.” @forlittlekeira
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Northern Ireland Challenged to Defeat Domestic Abuse Injustice
Nobody expects to be disbelieved, especially after years of abuse. The abused are already speaking from a place of inequality and they are then made to feel that they are liars. This is exactly what happens to victims in the family court. Not only are they disbelieved, they are blamed for the very abuse that…
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Injustice has Side Effects
Suzanne (not her real name) left her husband due to Domestic Abuse. She engaged with services who helped her move with the children to a place of safety. The children settled well at school and things were starting to look up. The Family Court papers arrived, but she managed to get some legal aid and…