My partners lawyer told us about a case on parental alienation where the teen ended up killing himself after being ordered back to his father. Lawyer said judges are super careful now about making such a bold decision especially with emotionally unstable ages. Which might be a factor.
Some kids never see what their parents have done. My brother is mid 30's and he still agrees with my mothers actions. Not that my father was right and he should have a relationship with him--that my mother was justified in alienating us. You can have all the judgements in the world but when a split happens at a specific time in a childs life, they dont always have the emotional fortitude to comprehend the legal aspect of it. Kids are like little machines that are programmed to behave a certain way. You try to reformat and they are liable to crash. Judges have to consider this.
I agree though that there needs to be better punishments outside of reversing custody though. But again, people get away with murder...
Some kids never see what their parents have done. My brother is mid 30's and he still agrees with my mothers actions. Not that my father was right and he should have a relationship with him--that my mother was justified in alienating us. You can have all the judgements in the world but when a split happens at a specific time in a childs life, they dont always have the emotional fortitude to comprehend the legal aspect of it. Kids are like little machines that are programmed to behave a certain way. You try to reformat and they are liable to crash. Judges have to consider this.
I agree though that there needs to be better punishments outside of reversing custody though. But again, people get away with murder...
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