An Ontario, Canada, Superior Court Judge issued a thorough well-reasoned but very unusual decision on January 16, 2009, changing custody of three (3) girls, ages 15, 11 and 9, from their primary caregiving mother to the father based upon evidence of a long pattern of parental alienation. In fact, Mother had denied Father, a vascular surgeon, any contact with the girls for about two (2) years before these proceedings.
Judge Faye McWatt not only changed custody to the father, but denied Mother any contact with the girls for at least 90 days. The Court concluded that Mother had conducted a “consistent and overwhelming campaign for more than a decade to alienate the children from their father”.
The Court was impressed with the testimony from Dr. Barbara Fidler, an expert in the field of parental alienation. The Court, in its decision, stated:
Dr. Fidler testified that children are more susceptible to alienation in certain age ranges.… View Full Article → “Mom Loses Custody For Alienating Children From Their Father For Over A Decade”