Is It Abuse, Alienation, and/or Estrangement?
- 14 October 2004
- journal article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Journal of Child Custody
- Vol. 1 (3), 65-106
- https://doi.org/10.1300/j190v01n03_05
Abstract
Allegations of family violence, child abuse, and alienation often occur in the same contested child custody case. Custody eval-uators often are poorly trained in forensic assessment of allegations of domestic violence and allegations of alienation. The authors of this article suggest language that is designed to differentiate between cases in which the term alienation is appropriate, as in non-abuse cases, and when it is best to use other language such as estrangement sabotaging, and counter productive protective parenting in cases where there is abuse. This article describes a decision tree that is designed to assist evaluators in identifying the causes of multiple allegations of maltreatment and abuse.Keywords
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