Parental Alienation Syndrome- A Weapon Of Mass Destruction
("PAS") A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Women across the state of Florida are losing custody of their children to their ex-husbands based entirely on a pathological medical syndrome called Parental Aliention Syndrome ("PAS"). What is Pas and how it is defined is better explained by this condensed article by Jennifer Hoult.
"PAS" Parental Alienation Syndrome by Jennifer Hoult J.D.
Since 1985, in jurisdictions all over the United States, Fathers have been awarded sole custody of their children based on claims that mothers alienated their children due to a pathological medical syndrome called Parental Alienation Syndrome ("PAS"). Given that some cases have involved stark outcomes, including murder and suicide, PAS's admissiblitily in U.S. courts deserves scrutiny.
In jurisdictions throughout the United States, courts have severed maternal contact with children based on expert testimony diagnosing mothers with a novel psychological syndrome called Parental Alienation Syndrome("PAS") that purportedly results in the alienation of children from their fathers. Such cases have led to disturbing outcomes for women and children. A Maryland man shot and killed his ex-wife, blaming PAS. A Pennsylvania teenager hung himself after a court ordered him into PAS treatment. A North Carolina court incarcerated a teenager who refused to visit her father. A New Jersey court ordered an eight-year-old to visit his wife-battering father, ignoring the child's fear. A New York court granted a father sole custody and suspended the mother's contact with their two children despite the court's recognition that the decision would cause "foreseeable emotional upset and possible trauma" to the children. In each instance, PAS played a central role despite the syndrome's dubious scientific basis and lack of evidentiary legitimacy.
First described in 1985 by child psychiatrist Richard Gardner, PAS has had a widespread influence in the family and criminal courts. Given it's links to such stark outcomes, it's evidentiary admissibility deserves close examination.
The article concludes that science, law, and policy all support PAS's present and future inadmissibility.
For more information go to: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=910267PAS rulings are destroying the lives of mothers and children all over the United States, but a large volume seem to be within the state of Florida. There needs to be an investigation of what is going on here in Miami, Tampa and other cities across the United States. Children are the future of this nation, let's stop treating them as the pawns in a chess game.
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