Some researchers and legal professionals are concerned over a united effort by feminist organizations in Canada to have the use of “parental alienation” claims banned from Canadian courtrooms.
On Jan. 23, more than 250 non-profit organizations led by the National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) wrote to leaders of the four major political parties and to Justice Minister Arif Virani calling for the ban, saying parental alienation accusations are used by abusive fathers to get custody of their children, by claiming that the mother is deliberately trying to turn a child against the father.
