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England Court Grants Father Full Custody, Rejects Alienation Claims

By Drooid · Oct 5, 2026, 12:07 AM UTC · How we work

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England’s family courts granted the father full custody of two daughters, citing the mother’s alleged mental instability.
The mother lost custody in 2013 after requesting a 50/50 shared-care arrangement.
The father secured an ex parte order barring the mother from seeing the children.
An independent psychiatric assessment found the mother fit to care, but the report was ignored.
Cafcass labeled alienating behaviours while rejecting the discredited parental alienation syndrome diagnosis.

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Story summary

England’s family courts granted the father full custody of two daughters, citing the mother’s alleged mental instability.
The mother lost custody in 2013 after requesting a 50/50 shared-care arrangement.
The father secured an ex parte order barring the mother from seeing the children.
An independent psychiatric assessment found the mother fit to care, but the report was ignored.
Cafcass labeled alienating behaviours while rejecting the discredited parental alienation syndrome diagnosis.