It is so heartening that the Observer and others are highlighting the disaster that is the family court system (“Families broken by unregulated court experts”, News, and “How children’s lives can be shattered by unregulated family court experts”, Special report). I totally relate to and confirm the comments voiced in both articles. “Parental alienation” is not scientific but is used by abusive partners to discredit the protective parent. It is endorsed by so-called experts earning money at the expense of the child.
Sadly, it is virtually impossible to disprove such a negative, especially as in my case no “fact-finding” exercise took place. Unlike criminal courts, it seems guilty until proved innocent is the overriding premise. In my case, too, the “expert” had no experience or expertise in my or my child’s particular case, leaving us discriminated against.
