If "parental alienation" existed in the the intact family (which you theorists have verified that it does occur in absence of divorce), why should it be such a focus now that the parents are separated/divorced?
And who are you going to rely on to tell you the truth about what occurred within the family:
the "alienated parent" who may have an agenda,
the "alienator" who has no obligation to tell you a damn thing,
the child who YOU are now "bringing into adult conflict,"
or people outside the family who often don't have a clue what is going on (as evidenced by the many murders that occur where the neighbors and community thought that the perp was such a nice guy)
If no counseling was mandated during the relationship why should it be ORDERED after one? How does this not step on parental/family and children's rights?
And don't you think this is creating a big business for the court system? For example, in some states, parents must attend a mandatory divorce class before the paperwork is finalized. Who is raking in all this money?
