Parental alienation has attracted some controversy. In this week’s NLJ, David Emmerson, of Anthony Gold Solicitors, considers a recent case in which the court ordered that a mother have no further direct or indirect contact with her children following a series of incidents including having an intermediary give the children tracking devices ad mobile phones which they were to keep secret from their father
Emmerson writes that parental alienation ‘blurs the child’s ability to understand what is right and wrong and what is truth and fiction. It makes the child insecure and uncertain’.
Emmerson provides some background psychological context, including on the term ‘parental alienation syndrome’, a term which is no longer used and is seen as unhelpful. He sets out the steps for a court to consider in a case where parental alienation is alleged.
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