Parental alienation: Canadian court cases 1989-2008. Bala, N., Hunt, S., & McCarney, C. Family Court Review, 48(1):164–179, USA, 2010.
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o gain a sound understanding of the dynamics and best responses to cases of children resisting contact with a parent, it is necessary to consider both the legal and psychological aspects of the situation. There is a small but important and growing body of empirically based psychological research about children resisting contact with parents, but there have been no published empirically based studies of the responses of the family justice system to such cases. This article is intended to begin to address this lacuna in the literature, reporting on a study of all reported Canadian cases between 1989 and 2008 that dealt with claims of “alienation” of children in the context of parental separation. The use of the concept of “alienation” in Canadian courts increased dramatically over these two decades, but this study reveals a complex and multifaceted set of cases with a range of responses depending on the judicial perceptions and the resources of the parents.
@article{Bala2010Parental,
  author = {Bala, N. and Hunt, S. and McCarney, C.},
  title = {Parental alienation: Canadian court cases 1989-2008},
  journal = {Family Court Review},
  address = {USA},
  year = {2010},
  volume = {48},
  number = {1},
  pages = {164--179},
  abstract = {o gain a sound understanding of the dynamics and best responses to cases of children resisting contact with a parent, it is necessary to consider both the legal and psychological aspects of the situation. There is a small but important and growing body of empirically based psychological research about children resisting contact with parents, but there have been no published empirically based studies of the responses of the family justice system to such cases. This article is intended to begin to address this lacuna in the literature, reporting on a study of all reported Canadian cases between 1989 and 2008 that dealt with claims of “alienation” of children in the context of parental separation. The use of the concept of “alienation” in Canadian courts increased dramatically over these two decades, but this study reveals a complex and multifaceted set of cases with a range of responses depending on the judicial perceptions and the resources of the parents.},
  keywords = {court cases; Canada; parental alienation; Legal; Qualitative Research},
  language = {English}
}

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