Strategies for Promoting Parental Alienation in the Legal Field: Analysis of Tactics and Their Neutralization Introduction: Alienation as a Judicial Strategy In the context of high-conflict custody and visitation disputes, unethical but formally legal strategies are sometimes used to minimize or completely cut off a child's contact with the non-custodial parent (usually the father). These tactics, employed by the lawyer acting in the interests of the mother-client, appeal not to an objective assessment of the child's well-being, but to legal formalism, procedural delays, and manipulation of sociocultural stereotypes. Their goal is not to protect the child from a real threat but to create a persistent negative image of the father in the court’s mind, leading to de facto and then legal alienation. Key Tactical Techniques and Their Justifications 1. The "Spiral of Escalating Accusations" Strategy This is not a single statement but a sequence of escalating accusations, often moving from abstract to specific. Stage 1 (Discrediting the Personality): Motions are filed for psychological-psychiatric evaluations of the father with formulations such as "tendency to aggression," "narcissistic disorder." The goal is to sow doubt about his adequacy. Stage 2 (Accusations of Violence): Complaints are filed with the police about "domestic violence" in the past or "threats" in the present. Even if criminal proceedings are declined, the mere fact of investigation is used in court as an argument ("he is under investigation"). Stage 3 (Accusations of Child Abuse): It is claimed that after visits with the father, the child returns "agitated," "crying," "with a bruise of unknown origin." Urgent medical examination and temporary restriction of contact are demanded. Important: accusations are deliberately formulated vaguely to be difficult to verify and easy to refute, but their emotional weight is significant. Example from case law: The father underwent three forensic psychological evaluat ... Читать далее