Parental alienation has been characterized by the appellate courts as an act so—alien—to a child’s best interests as to render a parent presumptively unfit to have custody of the child. Given the ubiquity of claims of parental alienation in custody litigation, and the significance of findings of alienation on the outcome of custody decisions, it bears inquiring: what, in fact, is parental alienation? How does it affect a child’s best interests? And in what circumstances should it play a determinative role in a custody decision?
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