Malicious Mother Syndrome has shown that cases of chronic visitation interference go way beyond attempts at alienating a child from the father. (Turkat in press) has reported the disorder fits into these five categories: (1) excessive litigation (2) denying regular visitation (3) denying participation in extra curricular activities (4) malicious lying to others (5) violating the law to attack the father.

Excessive litigation takes place during the divorce. The mother acts out against the father trying to discredit him or to delay the court proceedings. An unpleasant turn of events happened when a woman was able to man

d with visitation interference and may not have to appear before the judge for months on the issue.

ipulate a mental health professional to testify in court that the husband was in need of therapy but this mental health professional has never met the father (Turkat in press). Attempts to extend court proceedings are often

cases, although the laws broken may be relatively minor. However, in some cases, the violations of law may be serious. One woman probably not to happy with her ex deliberately drove her automobile into the house his house, the same house where their mutual children resided. In an almost comical case n angry divorcing mother called a Christian evangelical television station and pledged $1,000, giving the name, address and phone number of her divorcing Jewish husband as the pledge (Shepard, 1992).

Malicious lying to other individuals may engage the individuals to attack the ex-husband. The individual suffering from Malicious Mother Syndrome specifically lies to other individuals in the belittlement of the father. In the following case one furious mother falsely told state officials that her ex-husband was sexually abusing their daughter. The child was immediately taken away from him and his access to her was denied. The child will never forget that her mother literally took her father away and will resent her.

Malicious Mother Syndrome has been recognized as a national problem. This syndrome effects as many as six million children nationally. Cases of Malicious Mother Syndrome involve visitation interference accompanied by vicious behavior, such as violence and violations of the law that are acted out against the father. (Arditti 1992) reports that approximately 50% of divorced fathers report that their ex-wife has directly interfered with visitation with their children. Approximately 40% of custodial mothers admit denying visitation their ex-husband visitation in order to punish them.

the mother imprisoned, penalized financially, or forced to lose primary custody. These consequences are thought to penalize the child rather than the mother.

An additional difficulty is that there is a lack of consequences for the mother who interferes in child visitation. The judge often will warn the mother that she will be held in contempt of court, this amounts to nothing more than a "slap on her wrists." Rarely is

Prevent participation in activities. Fathers are deliberately given the wrong date and time for an important event. The mother will then say things like, "I wonder why your father didn't want to come to see you today" (Snyder,1996)? The mother may also refused to provide the father with any information about any extra-curricular activities. Malicious Mothers who engage in such behaviors rarely have to face penalties for such actions. Judges, attorneys, and policemen cannot involve themselves in every instance.

Malicious lying to other individuals may engage the individuals to attack the ex-husband. The individual suffering from Malicious Mother Syndrome specifically lies to other individuals in the belittlement of the father. In the following case one furious mother falsely told state officials that her ex-husband was sexually abusing their daughter. The child was immediately taken away from him and his access to her was denied. The child will never forget that her mother literally took her father away and will resent her.

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