American Mothers Political Party: divorce

Amplify’d from www.randijames.com

f "parental alienation" existed in the the intact family (which you theorists have verified that it does occur in absence of divorce), why should it be such a focus now that the parents are separated/divorced? And who are you going to rely on to tell you the truth about what occurred within the family: the "alienated parent" who may have an agenda, the "alienator" who has no obligation to tell you a damn thing, the child who YOU are now "bringing into adult conflict," or people outside the family who often don't have a clue what is going on (as evidenced by the many murders that occur where the neighbors and community thought that the perp was such a nice guy)  If no counseling was mandated during the relationship why should it be ORDERED after one? How does this not step on parental/family and children's rights? And don't you think this is creating a big business for the court system? For example, in some states, parents must attend a mandatory divorce class before the paperwork is finalized. Who is raking in all this money? Read more at www.randijames.com

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originally presented at
What About the Kids? Custody and Visitation Decisions in Families with a History of Violence
National Training Project of the Duluth Domestic Abuse Project - Thursday, October 8, 1992, Duluth, Minnesota from the Journal of the Task Group on Child Custody Issues*
of the National Organization for Men Against Sexism
Volume 5, Number 1, Spring1993 (Fourth Edition, 2001)
c/o University Studies, Portland State University, Portland, OR, 97207-0751
503-725-5844, 503-725-5977 (FAX) , straton@pdx.edu