Battered Women, Abused Children, and Child Custody:   A NATIONAL CRISIS

Fifth Annual Conference ..."Help, Hope, and Empowerment"
Friday
January 11th - Sunday January 13th, 2008      Clarion Hotel and Conference Center  
Albany, NY

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COUNTER ARGUMENTS FOR MOTHERS IN FAMILY COURTS



10 CUSTODY MYTHS AND HOW TO COUNTER THEM, ABA Newsletter Volume 4, ABA Commission on Domestic Violence 

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION STATEMENT ON PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME, Oct. 28, 2005

 REPORT OF THE APA PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON VIOLENCE AND THE FAMILY

CUSTODIANS OF ABUSE, by Kristen Lombardi, Published on January 09, 2003 by Boston Phoenix

MALIGNANT SELF-LOVE, by Sam Vaknin;  A book-length psychodynamic study of pathological narcissism, relationships
with abusive narcissists, and the Narcissistic Personality Disorder, using a new vocabulary.  

People v. Michael Fortin [PAS denied in New York] New York Law Journal, March 27, 2000 -- for use in defending against allegations of PAS. "Based upon the testimony at the hearing, this Court finds that the defendant has not established general acceptance of Parental Alienation Syndrome within the professional community which would provide a foundation for its admission at trial."

PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME:  FRYE v. GARDNER IN THE FAMILY COURTS
Jerome Poliakoff, Ph.D., P.A., Cynthia L. Greene, Esq., and Laura Smith, Esq. 

THE PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME: A Dangerous Aura of Reliability
Cheri L. Wood, Copyright 1994, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

KILGORE V. BOYD An Excerpt of the Ruling:"So based on the totality or that I find that even though I might not have to have the test meet the Frye criteria that it does meet the Frye criteria, and therefore I'm denying the former wife's motion to strike the testimony and evidence in the reference to parental alienation syndrome."   [Trish Wilson's note: Contrary to claims made by Gardner and members of the Fathers' Rights movement, the Frye test had NOT been applied in the Florida case Kilgore v. Boyd. The judge relied primarily on "expert" testimony made by Gardner and Richard Warshak, a noted fathers' rights apologist and supporter of Parental Alienation Syndrome. The syndrome had not been forced to withstand any valid testing.]

False Allegations: Not As Common As The Male Lobby Wants You To Think , Trish Wilson, © 1998, revised 2002. 

"'But I've Seen PAS!' No, You Haven't"

What is Parental Alienation Syndrome and Why Is It So Often Used Against Mothers?  John E. B. Myers, Professor of Law, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, California]

Richard Gardner: A Self-Made Man,  Judith Simon, for SWANS

Casualties of a Custody War [by Mackenzie Carpenter and Ginny Kopas for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] - about Gardner, PAS, "Threat Therapy," and a child's suicide after the child was forced to live with the father due to "PAS" 

PAS: Has Psychiatry Gone Psycho? by Kelly Patricia O'Meara for Insight Magazine

LACK OF EMPIRICAL DATA OR RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR PAS THEORY, Justice For Children

Myths and Facts on Fatherhood and Family Law includes info on PAS and false allegations

Fathers' Rights: In Their Own Words (includes quotes and links re: PAS and Richard Gardner) 

Scientifically Speaking (includes info on Frye) 

Survey: Kids living in single-dad homes more likely to use drugs  Associated Press

 



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