Badmouthing May Lose You Custody in Connecticut

Several judges in Connecticut have deprived mothers of custody due to their vitriolic comments about the father. A woman recently lost temporary custody of her sons because, according to Judge F. Herbert Gruendel, her "incessant and completely unjustified vilification" of the father placed their younger son "in a condition of intense psychological turmoil."

4 minute read October 01, 2004 at 10:38 AM
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Badmouthing May Lose You Custody in Connecticut

Despite the maxim that divorced parents should not criticize one another to their children, pitting child against parent is a tactic all too common between warring spouses who, in their anger, lose sight of their children's emotional welfare.

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