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A Counter Allegation Can Turn A Safeguarding Concern Into Suspicion
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A single label can hijack an entire family court case. When a parent raises safeguarding concerns like domestic abuse, coercive control, sexual harm, or frightening behavior, it is alarmingly common to see a fast pivot to a counter allegation: parental alienation. We talk through how that pivot happens, why it is so persuasive on paper, and how it can quietly turn the focus away from the child’s lived experience and onto suspicion of the reporting parent.
We walk step by step through the core fork in the road when a child refuses contact. Sometimes refusal is a protective…
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