These questions probe at issues affecting both family formation and family dissolution. Questions are now also being raised about policies that might reduce the chances for reconciliation when couples are having difficulties or increase the level of conflict for couples that are attempting to co-parent after a separation or divorce has occurred. However, these new questions about how public policies might exacerbate post-marital problems are as difficult to document from a research perspective as are the questions surrounding family formation and dissolution. Right now, at this exhausted stage of the family wars, it is becoming increasingly obvious that child support doesn't work. In fact, we have inadvertently created a mythical enemy in this fray, the Non-Custodial Parent.
Nothing is more tragic than a child ripped untimely from the arms of a parent.
With the increasing commonality of divorce involving children, a pattern of abnormal behavior has emerged that has received little attention. The present paper defines the Divorce Related Malicious Mother Syndrome. Specific nosologic criteria are provided with abundant clinical examples. Given the lack of scientific data available on the disorder, issues of classification, etiology, treatment, and prevention appear ripe for investigation. J.D. Parental alienation is the creation of a singular relationship between a child and one parent, to the exclusion of the other parent.