I am currently embroiled in a 6.5 year nightmare that has cost my children and I dearly. Parental Alienation Syndrome is very real and very misunderstood - not only by lay people, but by judges, lawyers, counselors, guardian ad litems and even custody evaluators. PAS is poorly recognized by so-called 'professionals' whom actually are a big part of the problem. I never would have believed that my children could be turned against me and that family court judges could be so easily decieved. The family courts offer little to no protection for the victims of PAS but actually facilitate it the syndrome ruining thousands of lives in the process.
False abuse allegations, false memories, twisting reality are all part of it. But, what really distinguishes it is that the children participate with the guilty parent and become co-perpetrators. Everything thing even remotely related to the targeted parent is hated and targeted for abuse of every kind - even my dog and every member of my extended family.
PAS must be accepted as a legitamate disorder by the professional community or many more lives will be destroyed.
