Drastic measures were taken in a California court recently based on an assumption that the child in question was experiencing Parental Alienation Syndrome, a claimed disorder in which the child alienates the non-custodial parent; however, no consideration was taken to discover whether this claim is true. Ali Rumsey’s daughter, Blair, was hastily removed from her home of eight and a half years and given to her father based on this claim that lacks scientific validity and reliability according to the mental health and medical community (Wikipedia). The term PAS was coined in the eighty’s, however not enough extensive research was done to prove this theory a real disorder. If the PAS theory i