Last reviewed: May 29, 2026
Effective date: May 29, 2026
Author: Alex Buckles (PAC Founder)
Parental Alienation Center is a free educational resource. Reading the site means agreeing to a short set of terms: the content is general information, not legal or clinical advice; you are responsible for getting licensed help in your jurisdiction; you may read and cite the work with attribution; and you will not scrape, abuse, or weaponize the material. This page explains each rule in plain language.
What this site is, and what it is not
Parental Alienation Center publishes educational pages on parental alienation, family-court evidence, recovery, and related topics. The pages are written for general understanding. They are reviewed and dated. They cite primary sources where available.
The site is not a law firm, a clinical practice, a court, or a treatment program. It does not represent any reader and it does not take the place of a licensed attorney, a licensed clinician, or a court order.
Not legal advice
Nothing on this site is legal advice for your situation. The legal pages explain frameworks, statutes, and named cases for general understanding. They are not a substitute for a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction.
Reading the site, contacting us, or using a form on the site does not create an attorney-client relationship. We do not represent readers. We do not give jurisdiction-specific advice. Practicing law without a license is regulated by every state bar, and we do not engage in it. The American Bar Association maintains background on the unauthorized practice of law at americanbar.org.
If you have a real legal question, talk to a licensed attorney in the state or country where your case is pending.
Not clinical or medical advice
Nothing on this site is clinical, psychological, or medical advice. The clinical pages explain frameworks and named approaches for general understanding. They are not a substitute for a licensed therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, or physician.
Reading the site or contacting us does not create a clinician-patient relationship. We do not diagnose, treat, or prescribe. For personal mental-health questions, work with a licensed clinician. The American Psychological Association explains what to expect from psychotherapy at apa.org. If you are in crisis, please use the resources on our Crisis Support page or call 988.
Your responsibility to consult licensed professionals
You are the one who knows your situation. You are responsible for getting licensed legal and clinical help in your jurisdiction when you need it. The site can give you frameworks, vocabulary, and citations to bring to a professional. It cannot make a professional’s judgment for you, and it does not try to.
Limitation of liability
The site is provided as is, with no warranty of any kind. We make a serious effort to be accurate. We cite primary sources. We publish corrections. Even so, errors are possible, and laws and clinical science evolve.
To the extent permitted by law, Parental Alienation Center, its editors, its reviewers, and its volunteers are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising from your use of the site. Direct liability is capped at the greater of any fees you have paid us (zero, for free content) or one hundred US dollars. If you live in a place where these limits are not permitted, the law of that place controls.
Intellectual property and how you may use the content
The site’s writing, images, and structured data are the work of editors, contributors, and reviewers. Copyright is held by Parental Alienation Center or its contributors.
Personal reading and attributed citation
You may read the pages, share links, and quote short passages with attribution. Attribution means naming the page and linking to it. Journalists, clinicians, attorneys, students, and researchers are welcome to cite the work in articles, briefs, papers, and continuing-education materials.
Commercial reuse and republishing
Commercial reuse (including republishing pages in full, packaging the content into a paid product, or using the content to train a commercial product) is permitted only under a written license. Contact us through the contact form and describe what you want to do. Most reasonable requests are approved on plain, non-exclusive terms. We do not license the site name or logo for commercial use.
Trademarks and the site name
“Parental Alienation Center” and any associated logo are marks of the publisher. You may use the name to describe or cite the site. You may not use the name in a way that suggests the site endorses your product, your service, or your case.
User conduct
Most reader behavior on the site is welcome. A few specific behaviors are not.
You may not scrape the site for commercial use. You may not submit abusive, threatening, or harassing messages through the contact form or the newsletter signup. You may not use the site to harass another person, to gather intelligence for a custody fight against another parent, or to harm an alienated child. The site exists to support understanding and recovery, and behavior that contradicts that mission is not allowed.
Ordinary reading, sharing, citing, teaching, and personal note-taking are encouraged.
Third-party links
Many pages link to outside sources: statutes, court opinions, peer-reviewed research, and professional organizations. These links are provided for reference. We do not control those sites, and a link is not an endorsement of every claim on the destination. Use independent judgment when you follow a link, especially if you are about to provide personal information on the other site.
Changes to these terms
We update this page when the law or our practices change. Every update is dated. We list the change at the top of the page for 90 days after each revision so returning readers see what changed. If a change is significant (for example, a new license model), we describe it on the Corrections Policy log as well.
Governing law and dispute resolution
These terms are governed by the laws of the United States and the jurisdiction where Parental Alienation Center is organized, without reference to conflict-of-laws principles. The page does not name a specific state because the project’s organizing jurisdiction is set separately and may change as the nonprofit structure matures.
If you have a dispute with us, please contact us first through the contact form and describe the problem. We try to resolve issues informally and quickly. If a dispute cannot be resolved informally, the parties will pursue it through the courts of competent jurisdiction in the United States.
A note on related policies
This page sets the legal scope of the site. The Privacy Policy covers how we handle data. The Corrections Policy covers how we fix errors. Together, the three pages describe how the site is run.
Effective date: May 29, 2026.
Last reviewed: May 29, 2026.
