Copyrighted Image? DMCA | A scandal of court-ordered child abuse is unfolding in California, where activists have demanded audits of family courts that have been awarding children to abusive parents who beat, raped, and killed them. Much of this is connected to psychiatrist Richard Gardner, who popularized his theory of "Parental Alienation Syndrome" that accused protective parents--usually mothers--of "brainwashing" children who feared abusive parents. Courts have adopted that premise and given children to the wrong parents with tragic consequences as documented here. The evidence demands intense scrutiny of court performance in child custody rulings. |