ABSTRACT This paper presents insights into the history and current deployment of the concept of parental alienation in the Australian family law system. It begins in 1989, when an article on parental alienation syndrome was first published in an Australian law journal. It then traces aspects of the socio-legal and social science research, gender politics, law reform and jurisprudence of the following 30 years, paying attention to moments of significant change. The impacts of major amendments that emphasise the desirability of post-separation shared parenting outcomes in 1996 and 2006 are specifically considered. More recently, in 2012, reforms intended to improve the family law system’s response to domestic and family violence were introduced. The history reveals an irreconcilable tension between the ‘benefit’ of ‘meaningful’ post-separation parent-child relationships and the protection of children from harm. When mothers’ allegations of violence in the family are disbelieved, minimised or dismissed, they are transformed from victims of abuse into perpetrators of abuse – alienators of children from their fathers. Their actions and attitudes collide with the shared parenting philosophy. This is arguably an inescapable consequence of a family law system that struggles to deal effectively with family violence in the context of a strong shared parenting regime.

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澳大利亚家庭法体系中使用父母异化概念的历史：矛盾、冲突及其后果

摘要 本文介绍了澳大利亚家庭法体系中父母异化概念的历史和当前部署。它始于 1989 年，当时一篇关于父母疏远综合症的文章首次发表在澳大利亚的法律期刊上。然后，它追溯了接下来 30 年的社会法律和社会科学研究、性别政治、法律改革和法理学的各个方面，并关注了重大变化的时刻。特别考虑了 1996 年和 2006 年强调分居后共同育儿结果的可取性的主要修正案的影响。最近，在 2012 年，引入了旨在改善家庭法系统应对家庭暴力的改革。历史揭示了分居后“有意义”的亲子关系的“利益”与保护儿童免受伤害之间的不可调和的紧张关系。当母亲对家庭暴力的指控不可信、被最小化或被驳回时，她们就会从虐待的受害者变成虐待的肇事者——将孩子从父亲那里疏远的人。他们的行为和态度与共同的育儿理念相冲突。这可以说是家庭法体系不可避免的后果，该体系在强大的共享育儿制度的背景下努力有效处理家庭暴力。他们从虐待的受害者变成了虐待的肇事者——将孩子从父亲身边疏远的人。他们的行为和态度与共同的育儿理念相冲突。这可以说是家庭法体系不可避免的后果，该体系在强大的共享育儿制度的背景下努力有效地处理家庭暴力。他们从虐待的受害者变成了虐待的肇事者——将孩子从父亲身边疏远的人。他们的行为和态度与共同的育儿理念相冲突。这可以说是家庭法体系不可避免的后果，该体系在强大的共享育儿制度的背景下努力有效处理家庭暴力。