Monday, February 07, 2005
Parental Alienation Syndrome
I heard about this yesterday...
OTTAWA - An Ontario woman who poisoned her children's minds against their "good and loving father" has been fined $10,000 -- and threatened with further fines and imprisonment -- in what is believed to be the harshest penalty yet imposed by a Canadian court for "parental alienation."
Superior Court Justice Lorna-Lee Snowie of Brampton, Ont., recently found Nancy Cooper, 52, in civil contempt of court for repeatedly flouting court orders over the past seven years that required her to facilitate contact between her three daughters and their father, David Cooper, of Point Clark, Ont.
More here...
Unfortunately too many parents who have split up try to use their children in the fight against their ex. The lengths that some people will go to amazes me. It is good to see the courts taking notice... on the other hand, what if one of the parents is truly a bad parent, and the other parent is just trying to protect their child? It is a tricky situation. I guess the only way to deal with this type of situation is for a neutral third party to do an assessment on all family members.
OTTAWA - An Ontario woman who poisoned her children's minds against their "good and loving father" has been fined $10,000 -- and threatened with further fines and imprisonment -- in what is believed to be the harshest penalty yet imposed by a Canadian court for "parental alienation."
Superior Court Justice Lorna-Lee Snowie of Brampton, Ont., recently found Nancy Cooper, 52, in civil contempt of court for repeatedly flouting court orders over the past seven years that required her to facilitate contact between her three daughters and their father, David Cooper, of Point Clark, Ont.
More here...
Unfortunately too many parents who have split up try to use their children in the fight against their ex. The lengths that some people will go to amazes me. It is good to see the courts taking notice... on the other hand, what if one of the parents is truly a bad parent, and the other parent is just trying to protect their child? It is a tricky situation. I guess the only way to deal with this type of situation is for a neutral third party to do an assessment on all family members.
