Do family courts recognise parental alienation?

In recent years family courts recognise parental alienation as a form of psychological manipulation that can damage a child’s relationship with one parent and impact a child’s welfare.

UK family law judges and magistrates now receive specific training on parental alienation as part of their broader domestic abuse and family law education.

In severe cases, courts have been prepared to take decisive action and have transferred the residence of a child from the alienating parent to the alienated parent.