For far too long, the legal system has prioritized the rights of the guilty over the rights of the innocent. Nowhere is this more evident than in the family court system, where parental alienation is treated as a dispute rather than the psychological abuse that it is. Alienating parents manipulate, control, and destroy the bond between a child and a loving parent, yet they face no real consequences for their actions. Even worse, the very professionals who are supposed to protect children, Guardians ad Litem, counselors, therapists, and court-appointed experts, often enable and even facilitate this abuse.
It’s time to stop protecting the criminals and start protecting the victims. Parental alienation is a human rights violation, a form of coercive control and psychological abuse, yet the courts act as though a parent has the right to alienate simply because they have custody, power, or influence. Meanwhile, the innocent child suffers, the alienated parent is erased, and the system profits off the destruction of families. This must end. Parental alienation should be classified as child abuse, alienating parents should be held criminally accountable, and every professional who facilitates this abuse must be stripped of their authority and prosecuted for their role in harming children.
Parental Alienation IS a Crime, So Why Aren’t Alienators Being Punished?
If someone kidnaps a child and refuses to let them see their parent, that’s a felony. If someone lies in court to manipulate an outcome, that’s perjury. If someone controls and brainwashes a child to turn them against their own family, that’s coercive control, a psychological form of abuse and domestic violence.
Yet, when an alienating parent does all of these things in a family court setting, the legal system turns a blind eye. Instead of protecting the innocent child and the alienated parent, the courts force them into years of litigation, therapy, and endless financial ruin, all while the alienator faces no real accountability.
The truth is, family courts thrive on conflict, and parental alienation is a multi-billion dollar industry. As long as there are alienated parents desperately fighting to see their children, the system will continue to profit from:
Therapists and reunification counselors who keep children in never-ending “therapy” rather than addressing the real issue, the alienating parent’s abuse.
Guardians ad Litem who claim to represent the child’s best interests but instead side with the alienator, reinforcing false narratives and extending litigation.
Family court judges who refuse to take action, knowing that every motion, hearing, and custody battle brings more billable hours for attorneys, evaluators, and court-appointed experts.
This is not justice, this is state-sanctioned child abuse. And every person who allows it to continue is complicit in the destruction of families.
The Facilitators of Parental Alienation Are Criminals Too
It’s not just alienating parents who are guilty of destroying children’s lives, it’s the entire network of professionals who enable them. Every GAL, counselor, therapist, and so-called “expert” who refuses to tell the child the truth, who reinforces false narratives, and who actively blocks the alienated parent from having a fair chance at reunification, is guilty of participating in child abuse.
These professionals are not neutral, they profit from prolonged custody battles and make their living off of keeping parents and children apart. They act as if they have more authority over a child than the child’s own parent, conditioning children to believe that their alienated parent has no rights, no power, and no say in their lives.
This is not therapy.
This is not reunification.
This is mental manipulation, and it should be illegal.
If a parent paid a therapist to brainwash their child into believing they were abused, that therapist would lose their license. Yet, when the courts appoint therapists who do the exact same thing on behalf of an alienating parent, they are protected by judicial immunity. This corrupt system allows abuse to flourish while silencing the parents who are desperately trying to save their children.
It’s time to hold them accountable.
What Needs to Change?
If children and innocent parents are to be protected, we need massive reform in the way parental alienation is handled. Here’s what must happen immediately:
1. Classify Parental Alienation as Child Abuse
Alienation is psychological abuse, and it should be treated with the same seriousness as physical and sexual abuse.
Parents found guilty of alienation should lose custody and face criminal charges.
2. Hold Alienators Legally Accountable
False allegations used to alienate a parent should result in severe legal consequences, including sanctions, fines, and loss of custody.
Alienating parents should not be rewarded with full custody simply because they have manipulated the system longer.
3. Strip GALs and Therapists of Their Power When They Enable Alienation
GALs and therapists who fail to remain neutral, reinforce alienation, or act as gatekeepers should be removed from cases and barred from practicing.
Family court professionals should be subject to oversight and discipline when they engage in unethical behavior.
4. Implement Mandatory Education for Family Court Professionals
Judges, attorneys, GALs, and therapists should be required to undergo training on parental alienation so they can recognize the signs and stop enabling abuse.
Courts should rely on real psychological evaluations instead of hand-picked “experts” with financial ties to the system.
5. Give Alienated Parents Immediate Legal Remedies
Parents facing alienation should not have to spend years and thousands of dollars fighting to see their own children.
There must be fast-track legal remedies that allow alienated parents to regain contact without years of litigation.
It’s time to stop protecting criminals. It’s time to hold alienators accountable. And it’s time to put the rights of innocent children and parents above the profits of the corrupt family court system.
If we don’t take action now, more children will grow up believing a lie. More parents will be erased. More families will be destroyed.
And the only ones who will benefit… are the criminals who made it happen.
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