Divorce Advice for Men | Fathers Rights Divorce | Child Custody

Our friends Jill Egizii and Judge Michele Lowrance have teamed together to create the workbook "Parental Alienation 911," which is a compilation of research, expert interviews, and solutions to apply to real cases.

Egizii is an alienated mother and the President of the Parental Alienation Awareness Organization, and Lowrance has been a Domestic Relations Judge since 1995 and frequently appears on nationally syndicated TV and radio shows.

Both talked with DadsDivorce.com and MensRights.com editor Matt Allen about the impetus behind creating a workbook and how it helps parents deal with parental alienation. Lowrance also shared her unique viewpoint as a family law judge on parental alienation trends she is seeing firsthand in her courtroom.

By Daniel Exner

Milwaukee Divorce Lawyer

Dads seeking divorce advice frequently ask divorce lawyers about how to keep their ex-wives or soon-to-be-exes from saying negative things to the children about their father.

Many divorced parents will talk about the divorce case with their children, use the kids as messengers, or, in worse cases, fill their children's heads with lies about the other spouse in an attempt to turn the children against the targeted parent.

While there are legal steps you can take to prevent your children from being exposed to the details of your case, practically speaking, these options may not produce the best results.

By Matt Allen

Editor, DadsDivorce.com

Dr. Richard Warshak is widely known as one of the world's leading parental alienation experts.

So when he says change is coming to an adversarial family law system that promotes child custody disputes, people listen.

In a column appearing on HuffingtonPost.com, Warshak wrote the American Bar Association Section on Family Law partnering with the University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Families, Children and the Courts has launched a massive initiative that is poised to bring family law into the 21st century.

Question:

I am looking for divorce tips for men on how to enforce court orders.

I am supposed to have court-ordered counseling with my children in an effort to rebuild my relationship with them due to years of my ex-wife's parental alienation. 

However, since my ex has primary child custody and the counseling falls during her parenting time, she is refusing to take the children.

What can I do to get this court order enforced so I can have counseling with my children?

By Jennifer Knudtson

Board Member, Children’s Rights Council of Illinois

My journey with support groups started shortly after I married, when I joined one for stepmoms.

The reassurance I felt from having other faces in the room, all nodding in agreement while I spoke about our blended family issues, was immeasurable. 

My husband David's divorce and child custody case was highly contentious and went to trial.

As I watched my husband's case unfold in the family law court system, my eyes were opened to the many opportunities for reform including the "winner take all" mentality that subverts the children's needs to that of the parents.