“Parental alienation has all the features that make a great story: a heartbroken parent, an evil ex, and a victimized child. If real life were like Hollywood, the story would eventually end with the evil ex being punished (or seeing the light and repenting) and the formerly heartbroken parent re-united with their now loving and devoted child. Unfortunately, real life is not Hollywood, and such picture-perfect endings rarely occur.”: initial paragraph of LL.M. thesis by Michelle McKelvey (1981-2014).
Ciarlariello v. Iuele-Ciarlariello, 2014 ONSC 5097 (CanLII) at 1