
Malicious Parent Syndrome what is it
Ok we are
not talking about dead beat dads the ones who want no part of their kids. No we
are talking about dads that want to be very much a part of their kid’s life but
mum will not let them no matter how much they beg . some of you who will read
this will not believe it but it’s true and does happen more often than you
would think
Malicious Parent Syndrome is where the custodial parent, among other things, interferes with the
non-custodial parents visitation, manipulates their offspring to hate the other
parent.
Diagnostic Criteria for Malicious Parent Syndrome
- A parent unjustifiably punishes his or her divorcing or divorced spouse by:
- Attempting to alienate their mutual child(ren) from the other parent
- Involving others in malicious actions against the other parent
- Engaging in excessive litigation
- The parent specifically attempt to deny the child(ren):
- Regular uninterrupted visitation with the other parent
- Uninhibited telephone access to the other parent
- Participation by the other parent in the child(ren)'s school life and extra-curricular activities
- The pattern is pervasive and includes malicious acts towards the other parent, including:
- Lying to the children
- Lying to others
- Violations of law
- The disorder is not specifically due to another mental disorder, although a separate mental disorder may co-exist.
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the divorce-related,
malicious mother syndrome -- has been identified in cases in which mothers
not only try to alienate their children from their fathers, but are committed
to a broadly based campaign to hurt the father directly (Turkat, 1995). The diagnostic criteria for this syndrome are listed in Figure 1.
Some examples of the more
extreme behavior observed in such individuals include the following: making
one's children sleep in a car to prove that their father has bankrupted them;
burning down the house of the ex-husband: making false allegations of sexual
abuse; manipulating other people to harass the ex-husband: spreading vicious
lies about the ex-husband; trying to get the ex-husband fired from his job;
and driving an automobile into the ex-husband's living room.
Women with this syndrome
interfere chronically with visitation. Though they also engage in serious
attempts to alienate the child from the father, they an
not always successful. Thus, a full parental alienation syndrome is not
required for a diagnosis of divorce-related. malicious mother syndrome.
In addition. these women are
skillful liars, highly manipulative, and quite adept at recruiting others to participate in the campaign against the father. As is true of parental alienation
syndrome, there is an absence of necessary research on this abnormality.
Difficulties in the
Courtroom.
Individuals with either of
these syndromes may be willing and able to lie in court in a fully convincing
way. Sometimes, their manipulative skills are so well developed that they are
able to influence others to provide false testimony against the victimized
parent. They may run circles around opposing counsel. When accused of
visitation interference, they often have what appear to be wonderful
explanations for their behavior; some may even be accurate. For example:
"I offered many times for him to see his daughter but he just doesn't
cooperate; every time he comes to pick up Billy, Billy cries and refuses to
go: he never follows the schedule, your honor, no matter how hard I try.
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What typically is left out
of such testimony is the fact that the interfering parent is either lying or
has manipulated the child or the situation to give a false impression that he
or she is innocent of the charges.
If the interfering parent
continues to violate successfully the visitation regulations, over time the
victimized parent often becomes so emotionally and financially depleted that
the case fades from the court's purview. Unfortunately, outside of the
courtroom, the visitation interference continues, often with increased
strength.
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Malicious
mother syndrome http://fact.on.ca/Info/pas/turkat95.htm
http://www.parental-alienation.info/publications/05-paralisynwhathelegproshokno.htm
we will be talking more about this

