Category: Child Abuse and Neglect
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How a Nasty Divorce Can Hurt the Child: Attorney Charles M. Kronzek Explains
In Mid-Michigan, particularly within the Ingham, Clinton, Eaton, and Jackson circuit courts, family court judges are increasingly losing patience with “high-conflict” litigation. A recent appellate affirmation highlights a growing trend: the court will rescind a parent’s decision-making authority over the child not as a punishment for being “bad,” but as a logistical necessity when communication…
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Parental Alienation and Its Harm to Children
Not to be confused with Parental Alienation Syndrome, parental alienation is a process used by one parent to create a negative image of the other parent in a child’s mind. The goal is to damage the relationship between the child and the other parent. Divorce or separation can lead to the use of parental alienation,…
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Red Flags of Narcissistic Parenting: What to Watch For in a Divorce. (Pt 1)
Although narcissists suffer from a hugely inflated sense of their own worth, and the belief that they’re superior to others around them, they actually have very fragile egos. They need constant validation from outside sources. So a divorce, which can be seen as a type of failure, is often taken very personally offensive, as in…
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All I Want For Christmas is… a Personal Protection Order!
It may come as a shock to you, but the holiday season isn’t a time of good cheer for everyone. In fact, for some families, the Christmas season brings unique stresses and burdens that make life especially challenging. So while we’re all home with our loved ones on Christmas day, exchanging gifts, sipping hot cocoa…
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Help! My Ex Accused me of Child Abuse to Get a Better Custody Agreement! (Pt. 1)
Divorce can bring out the worst in people. It can make the kindest, sweetest human beings into some of the angriest and most vindictive creatures imaginable. Some of this is justified. After all, when your heart is broken because your beloved decided they no longer love you enough to share your life (or worse…
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Could Publicly Shaming a Child Affect Your Custody Agreement?
It may seem like a strange question to ask, but the answer is quite surprising, especially if you haven’t thought about it before. Because yes – publicly shaming a child could actually affect your custody agreement, and not in a good way! Not sure what we mean? Let’s take a look… What is…
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Termination of Parental Rights: What Are Michigan Parents up Against? (Pt. 2)
Welcome back, and thanks for joining us again for this difficult discussion topic. Nothing is scarier for a parent than the thought of losing their child. And yet it happens. Often. But because the law is confusing, we’re trying to answer some of the more common questions we get from parents in this two-part…
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Termination of Parental Rights: What Are Michigan Parents up Against? (Pt. 1)
Having your parental rights terminated is one of the scariest and most heartbreaking scenarios that any parent could ever encounter. It’s also one of the most confusing. Why? Because the law surrounding parental termination is very complex, and most people (including a surprising number of attorneys) don’t understand the process, or know what’s involved.…
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How To Protect Yourself Against False Allegations of Abuse! (Part 3)
Thank you for joining us to discuss this particularly difficult topic. We know it’s a hard subject to address, but we can only assume that if you are here, reading this, it is because you or someone you care about has been falsely accused of abusing or neglecting a child, and needs help. If…
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How To Protect Yourself Against False Allegations of Abuse! (Part 2)
Thanks for joining us again to talk about this very difficult, but very important subject. If you or a loved one have been falsely accused of abusing or neglecting a child, then you already know how terrible it feels to be lied about. To be publicly accused or something that you didn’t do. Something…