Can I Challenge a Guardian Ad Litem Report in a Virginia Court?
Guardians ad litem in Virginia seem to hold great sway over family law cases. Perhaps you are concerned about a court-ordered investigation and report issued by ...
Alienation into Adulthood: The Long-term Effects of Parental Alienation
Parental alienation syndrome first got its label back in 1985, when Dr. Richard Gardner first described distinctive behaviors in children that included extreme (unwarranted) fear, disrespect or ...
How to Talk to Your Child about Parental Alienation
Children, says doctor of psychology Sue Cornbluth1, want three things from their parents in divorce: to not be caught in the middle, to know the divorce ...
Does Parental Alienation Influence Custody Decisions?
Let's say you have a hankering for some Whitner's Barbeque, and you suggest it for lunch to your Virginia Beach office mates. Everybody's eager until that one ...
Is Malicious Mother Syndrome a Real Thing?
If you are at all embarrassed to ask your doctor for help with ... er ... bedroom issues, imagine strapping on Pulvermacher’s Galvano-Electric Chain Belt1. Weighing ...
20+ Disturbing Facts about Fatherlessness
Perhaps as a way to make ourselves feel better, humans unscientifically invented the notion of “compensation” for deficits. We tell ourselves, for instance, that blind people ...
What is Contempt of Court in Family Law?
As that great legal scholar, Basil, once said, “No one can have a higher opinion of you than I have, and I think you're a slimy, ...
Why Parental Alienation Should Be 1 of the 7 Deadly Sins
An old and venerated idea in psychology is summed up in Maslow’s Hierarchy. For any person to thrive, needs must be met in an ordered progression ...