If you have tried communicating with your co-parent as to their decision to deny you access to your child but it has been of no use, or if your co-parent has been telling the child really mean and viscous things about you, your co-parent may indeed be trying to alienate you from your child. In this kind of situation it may be best to fight for full custody of the child and/or get supervised visitation for the alienating parent.
When dealing with an alienating co-parent you should:
- Stay clear-headed, calm and reasonable (i.e. don’t do anything that can be used against you),
- Take immediate legal action (lack of action may be interred by the court as indifference),
- Hire a very good lawyer (to fight for visitation, custody and all other legal problems that will pop up),
- Keep a journal documenting your interactions with the child and the other parent (to prove your good behavior and concern for the child), and
- Attempt to get psychological help for your child (to avoid long-term emotional scars).
If your child’s other parent is trying to alienate you, re-establishing a connection with your child can be long, expensive and exhausting. However, courts do recognize that parental alienation exists and have reversed custody (or denied the alienating parent visitation) in cases where the attempts at alienation can be proven.
Conclusion: There is hope.
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I have been dealing with this issue of Parental Alienation for the last four years. My major concern is for my kids and the psychological effect this nonsense will have on them.