Marietta Parental Alienation Lawyer
When one parent works to damage a child's relationship with the other, the harm is real — to your child and to you. We take parental alienation seriously and act decisively.
What parental alienation is
Parental alienation is when one parent deliberately manipulates a child to damage the child's relationship with the other parent. It isn't a crime by itself — but when it interferes with court-ordered visitation or communication, it can violate the custody order and amount to contempt of court.
What it looks like
Common tactics include scheduling activities during the other parent's time, telling the child the other parent doesn't love them, withholding school and medical information, using the child to spy, and making false abuse allegations. Warning signs in a child include unwavering, parroted hostility toward the targeted parent and a sudden loss of trust.
What Georgia courts can do
Because courts value a child's relationship with both parents, they can respond to alienation by modifying custody, expanding the targeted parent's parenting time, and ordering counseling or therapy for the child and the alienating parent to repair the relationship.
Build the record
These cases are won with evidence. We help you document the pattern — a journal, messages, and witnesses — and, where it helps, work with mental-health professionals who can explain the alienation to the court.
Questions & answers
Parental Alienation: common questions
What can I do about parental alienation in Georgia?
Document what's happening and act early. Courts can modify custody, expand your parenting time, and order counseling where a parent is undermining the child's relationship with you.
Is parental alienation illegal in Georgia?
It isn't a crime on its own, but when it interferes with court-ordered visitation or communication it can violate the custody order and be treated as contempt of court.
How do I prove parental alienation?
With a clear record — a journal of incidents, saved communications, witness statements, and sometimes testimony from a mental-health professional. We help you build it.
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