A personal message from a parental alienation campaigner
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Tory MP calls for strict enforcement of child arrangement orders
Excellent news here in the UK parliament. A couple of weeks ago PA was debated, now we have a private member’s bill being put forward by an engaged tory MP (and supported by several of her party) to change the law regarding enforcement of child arrangement orders.
Hopefully, it will get to the next stage. If not it is still raising awareness of the issue of PA and parents blocking access of the non-resident parent to the children.
Children have a stable home environment and perform better at school if their biological father lives with them (but the same benefits do not apply when a stepfather moves in)
I don’t usually recommend Daily Mail articles, but this was quite interesting.
via Children perform better when their father lives at home | Daily Mail Online
FATHER WINS PAYOUT AFTER BEING PREVENTED FROM SEEING CHILDREN FOR TWO YEARS
Nice to see that justice is seen to be done sometimes!
via Father wins payout after being prevented from seeing children for two years – Evening Express
The best way to hurt a father is to hurt his child
An old post, but still as pertinent as ever.
PAS in Mainstream Media
This appeared before I started this blog.
A well-known prime-time talk show featuring a well-researched piece on Parental Alienation. It is a BBC piece that can be viewed outside the UK.
Hansard – Parental Alienation
Full text of the debate yesterday in parliament about PAS. Mainly positive remarks, but no real movement on the side of the department of justice.
Quotable remarks from the debate:
Danzuck: Despite those shocking statistics, the United Kingdom lags behind many other countries across the world in addressing the issue. Parental alienation is not recognised in the lower courts and, although the higher courts acknowledge that parental alienation occurs, many family rights campaigners feel the courts do nothing about it. Although there have been small steps in the right direction, progress in the UK has been far too slow.
Fernades: Does he agree with Mr Justice Munby, as he then was—he is now president of the family division of the High Court and has judged many family cases involving contact disputes—that the cause of these problems is delay in the court system, the failure of the courts to challenge groundless allegations against non-resident fathers and the failure of the courts to get to grips with defiance of contact orders and child arrangement orders and to properly enforce against breach? Does he agree that that is the core of some of the problems? (my emphasis)
Parents who use children as a weapon in break-up ‘should be punished in court’
Very interesting story here about the first ever debate in the British parliament about Parental Alienation. Proposed by the independent (form. Labour) MP Simon Danczuk. I hope he will continue to pursue this cause as well as he did with the child abuse/Cyril Smith scandal.
I will keep you posted as to the outcome.
via Parents who use children as a weapon in break-up ‘should be punished in court’ | BreakingNews.ie
The Battle for Britain’s Alienated Children
Excellent post from Karen here on the current increasing acceptance of PAS. But also with a valid codicil that the battle has only just begun. Really worth reading.
https://karenwoodall.wordpress.com/2017/03/03/the-battle-for-britains-alienated-children/
Hollywood’s dads must break their omertà over the crisis of fatherlessness
Excellent article from Matt O’Connor of F4J about ‘Hollywood Fathers’ that don’t push back when their ex makes unilateral decisions about access and upbringing of their children.
via Hollywood’s dads must break their omertà over the crisis of fatherlessness
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