If this is your first time going back to court you are the lucky one. Many of us have come to this realization after many failed attempts at enforcing the original divorce decree. Therapists have to be willing to go out on a limb and realize that therapy is intended to better the relationship between the parents in furtherance of benefiting the children. Many parents that invoke a PAS do it out of spite for the ex and not out of revenge for their children. Pacificity has no place in a PAS situation.
Most states carry laws that force therapists to report abuse to local officials.
The abuser is well aware of the game and plays it well. This Best Interest of the Child has been played to the disadvantage of the child in many instances and it is time that the best interests of the child are really met. Yet, this is exactly what is played out in courtrooms across the country. The judge does not want to interrupt the child's school, extracurricular activities and friends found in the alienating parents neighborhood. This last scenario is what disturbs me most about our system of justice.