Alienation is fickle. There’s a moment on Pavement’s 1997 song ‘Shady Lane’ where frontman Stephen Malkmus sings, “You’ve been chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation of the sequel to your life”.

Family courts in England and Wales should give more weight to allegations of domestic abuse than to claims of "parental alienation", according to new guidance. When parents have separated, and are ...

Parents – more often mothers – are losing access to their children on the advice of unregulated experts, an Observer investigation reveals Mothers are having their children taken away by ...

Parental alienation is not confined to family cases. It can and does feature in criminal cases, where allegations are made against a backdrop of a prolonged, serious and acrimonious relationship ...

Family courts harm children when they base decisions on the questionable concepts of parental alienation and reunification therapy. This is the main thrust of Jean Mercer’s excellent new book, Someone ...