Custody Order: What to Do If Your Child Refuses to Follow
Custody orders require that both parents make every effort to ensure compliance, even if a child resists visiting the other parent. Courts do not accept a child’s reluctance as a defense for failing to follow a custody order, particularly with younger children. If you believe your ex-spouse is influencing your child’s refusal, a family law attorney can help you address this with the court, as it may indicate issues like parental alienation.
Study Focuses on Impact and Prevalence of Parental Alienation after Divorce
Although the family laws in Illinois have changed, there is still great risk of parental alienation after divorce – a process in which one parent negatively influences their child’s relationship with the other parent. Sadly, there is a severe lack in data on this common issue; to rectify this, Colorado State University researchers have initiated a study […]
Defining Parental Alienation after Divorce
With technology infiltrating every aspect of modern society and a tendency for people to choose screens over traditional interaction, the idea of social alienation is one oft-discussed by sociologists and psychologist alike. Yet one of the oldest—and arguably most effecting—types of alienation is one perpetuated not by societal trends, but the oldest relationship in history: […]