A twelve-year study by the Family Law section of the American Bar Association showed that Parental Alienation syndrome (PAS) abuse occurred to at least some extent in nearly 60 percent of divorces (the extent to which it occurred ranged from mild to extreme). Today, more and more mental health professionals recognize that this is a very real and tragic problem.
Although PAS abuse usually occurs during or after a divorce, some argue that it can happen during marriages as well. In these cases, the parent “dumps” their problems with the other parent on the child or sets up “gangs” within the family.
In any case, the victims are first and foremost children who don’t usually realize what’s happening to them (if they are older, and have a longer-term history with both parents, they may understand at some level what’s going on). These children live with the loss of a parent that’s as painful and stressful as a death, but are not allowed to grieve. They are taught to stuff those feelings of grief and to turn that pain and their natural love for their parent into hatred.
http://www.pasattorney.com/court-interventions/ [note: this link is from a Michigan attorney's site who is also registered in several others states, including CA but nonetheless, it sheds light on how serious the issue really is...] and to read about how DNA evidence can be used in a criminal case, from defense side, in overcoming juror's assumptions, see http://www.lorandoslaw.com/False-Accusations-And-Criminal-Defense-Topics/If-DNA-Then-GuiltyStrategies-for-Overcoming-Juror-Assumptions-About-DNA-Evidence-In-Criminal-Trials.pdf
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