NMRC Parental Alienation Awareness Campaign

April 25th is Parental Alienation Awareness Day!

Are you a parent who is being made

the enemy of your children?

This is PARENTAL ALIENATION!

The BC Ministry of the Attorney General is currently revising the Family Relations Act (FRA). We are concerned that this Ministry is keeping Parental Alienation out of it’s revisions of the FRA!

Parental Alienation needs to be identified as an important factor in divorce, along with specific remedies, in the new FRA. It needs to be defined as a form of family violence and child abuse, which experts say that it is.

Parental Alienation frequently happens during a divorce or separation. It occurs when one parent actively works to align a child by unjustified or exaggerated depreciation of the other parent. This also makes it difficult for grandparents to stay connected to their grandchildren.

We are asking concerned parents, counsellors , psychologists, lawyers and other professionals to contact the FRA Review Committee and/or your local MLAs by phone or email immediately and let them know that you want Parental Alienation recognized within the new FRA legislation.

The Family Relations Act Review Committee

c/o Civil and Family Law Policy Office

British Columbia Ministry of the Attorney General,

PO Box 9222, Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, B.C. V8W 9J1

Email: CFLPO-FRA@gov.bc.ca, Fax: 250-387-1189

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To contact your MLA go to:

www.leg.bc.ca/mla

Co-sponsored by the Nanaimo Men’s Resource Centre, the Parents Coalition of BC, and the Men’s Affordable Resources Society of BC (MARS BC)

Observe Parental Alienation Awareness Day with us at

The Nanaimo Men's Resource Centre

418D Fitzwilliam St., Nanaimo, BC

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on April 25, 2008, at 1 pm