Father Knowledge Center Europe 25.08.2010
Peter Tromp

On the 26th of August 2010 the Brazilian Parliament has ratified with immediate effect a law against parental alienation. The law defines parental alienation as a form of child abuse. It provides Brazilian judges and courts with seven measures to deal with parental alienation. Amongst those are fines, contrary custody and/or care and residence decisions and care supervision orders.

Below you will find the text of this new Brazilian law in an English translation and below that the Brazilian original text.

Brazilian Law 12 318 – Ratified law that defines and punishes parental alienation

Lei 12.318 Sacionada lei que define e pune a alienação parental

Bravo Brazil!

TIME Sep 10, 2010
Jeffrey Kluger

Over the years, a large body of work has been devoted to studying PTSD symptoms in second-generation survivors, and it has found signs of the condition in their behavior and even their blood - with higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol, for example. The assumption - a perfectly reasonable one - was always that these symptoms were essentially learned.
Now a new paper adds another dimension to the science, suggesting that it's not just a second generation's emotional profile that can be affected by a parent's trauma; it may be their genes too.

Read the full news item here.