Journal of Child and Adolescent Behavior
Open Access

Abstract

In today�s divorce environment of extreme litigation, parental alienation, false allegations, of child abuse, police reports and restraining orders, filed to gain an advantage in custody. Parents in growing numbers pushed to the edge commit crimes from mild to horrific ending in the terrible loss of life such as the case with the largest mass shooting in the history of Orange County California dealing with divorce and custody issues. Sometimes even with the unthinkable parent taking the life of their own children such was the case with two children Sam and Libby Porter who were only 7 and 8 years old or the suicide of a child only 6 years old despondent over his own parents� divorce. Family law may be responsible for 25% of the crime in the United States such as homicides, suicides, abductions, child abuse, domestic violence, violation of restraining orders, and violation of court orders, stalking and more. These issues are not limited to a single country, continent or gender as headlines around the globe now document to the detriment of children and families and others caught in the crossfire.

Biography

Catherine MacWillie is the CEO of Custody Calculations, Calendars & Orders and has 33 years of experience with Family Law and 24 years as an LAPD Officer responding to radio calls dealing with divorce and custody and; nine years of experience as a Child Custody and Divorce Coach. She spent 10 years in researching family law cause and effect and started speaking about these issues long before others. She is a member of International Parental Alienation Study Group, (PASG); Parental Alienation Colloquium 2014 ISNAF, Long Beach, California and; Parental Alienation Think Tank, 2016 Beverly Hills, California.