Robonetta B. Jones speaks to ESSENCE about the "alienation of affection" law, the growing trend of these lawsuits, and why ...

Parent alienation —when one parent, consciously or unconsciously, influences the child to reject the other—is a serious issue that can have long-lasting effects on children and their relationships ...

GREENSBORO, North Carolina — When you say, "I Do," you don't promise to sue. Yet, it's a reality for couples whose marriages aren't happily ever after...and who happen to live in North Carolina. There ...

A famous trot singer was sued for alienation of affection after meeting a married man and breaking up his family. The ...

Zoe Rathus is affiliated informally with other scholars and practitioners researching the issue of the use of parental alienation in a range of countries. She has a forthcoming article in a Special ...

NFL star Steve Smith Sr. is facing an alienation of affection lawsuit following allegations he had an affair with a married man’s wife. What does that mean? North Carolina is one of the few states ...

Parental alienation is the psychological manipulation of a child by one parent against the other parent. The term itself is controversial, yet can show up frequently in matters of custody, visitation, ...

How can I recognize if my co-parent will engage in Parental Alienation? A parent who exhibits signs of a personality disorder such as extreme narcissism, borderline personality disorder, and ...

A distraught divorced mother reports that when her formerly loving daughter returns from vacations at her father's house, the child treats her with disrespect and hostility. A divorced father of a ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Barbara Bradley Hagerty, a contributor for The Atlantic, about parental alienation, which can happen when one parent uses a child to get back at the other parent.