Concerns about the concept of parental alienation, whereby one parent – usually the mother – is alleged to turn their child or children against the other parent, have increased in recent years.
Proponents of the concept, however, say its impact can be worse than sexual abuse and argue it should be defined and legislated for as a form of child abuse. The Department of Justice is preparing to publish two reports it commissioned on the use of parental alienation in family law cases.
He began raising the issue after being contacted by a number of mothers in his Kildare North constituency, he told The Irish Times. Since then he has been contacted by mothers and their families from across the State. He has submitted a “sample” of 16 cases, which he has sent in redacted form, to the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Tánaiste Michael Martin and to Minister for Justice, Simon Harris, asking them to establish an inquiry. “There seems to be no fair play, due process or natural justice for mothers or their children once this parental alienation concept is mentioned.”
Ms Alsalem received over 1,000 submissions from NGOs, domestic violence support organisations and a large number of individuals globally. She says the “consequences of biased custody decisions can be catastrophic, resulting in specific incidents when contact has been awarded to fathers with a violent history, in the deaths of women and children”.
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