The Door You Keep Open
The piece discusses the emotional and psychological toll of parental alienation on targeted parents, describing their grief as ambiguous loss without societal recognition. It emphasizes the complexity of reconnection with alienated children and suggests that while parents cannot force reconciliation, maintaining an open door can facilitate eventual healing and restoration of relationships when the child…
The Same Tools
The article explores how tactics used in controlling marriages transition to family court, impacting custody cases. It highlights four parents’ experiences, demonstrating a structural failure of family courts to recognize coercive control patterns. The author argues for reforms to enable courts to assess relationship dynamics in custody decisions and address ongoing litigation abuse.
Court Watchers Needed Tomorrow Morning in Redwood City, California
A San Mateo County family court hearing is scheduled for May 20, where Brenna Gano will request to overturn a 2022 settlement agreement she claims was signed under coercion. This motion raises conflict-of-interest concerns regarding Judge Vivian Wang. Brenna seeks to restore her relationship with her son after losing custody.