While most states have done away with an archaic marriage protection tort hearkening back to the days when women were their husband's property, that hasn't stopped a South Dakota federal judge from ...

Atty Bruggemann, a divorce attorney and partner at New York law firm Dimopoulos & Bruggemann, says that parent alienation is an intentional act that seeks to divert the child's affections and ...

and threatening to withhold affection if the child expresses positive feelings about the absent parent are hallmarks of alienation as well. Is parental alienation real? Created with Sketch.

Some U.S. states even take emotional cheating as seriously as physical cheating and have alienation of affections laws, which state a person can sue their partner for monetary damages if that ...