Law Offices of Michael F. Roe, LLC

Law Offices of Michael F. Roe, LLC Experienced. Tenacious. Creative. Let's meet to discuss your important divorce and custody issues.

Michael Roe is one of the few lawyers nationwide with experience in high conflict divorce and custody cases involving psychological disorders. His experience has been detailed in the Chicago Tribune, New York Post, and on television and radio. He has been a founder of a personality disorders nonprofit, and a director of a national single parent's organization. He has a unique, informed, and sensit

ive approach to complex issues raised in contested Family Law cases. Our law and dispute resolution practice is focused on complex divorce and custody cases, domestic violence, parentage (paternity) cases, and post decree support and custody modification. Many of the office's cases include issues of contested child custody, property division, restoring visitation with children, modification of support, prosecuting or defending Orders of Protection, and domestic battery cases. Michael Roe has specific experience and expertise in divorce trial practice, divorce mediation, and Collaborative (no-court, non-litigated) Family Law. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, is a court certified mediator and child's representative, and continues to be recognized as an expert and resource in the area of psychology and family law. He is actively involved in Alternative Dispute Resolution in the field of Family Law.

Parental alienation is a theorized process through which a child becomes estranged from one parent as the result of the ...
05/24/2026

Parental alienation is a theorized process through which a child becomes estranged from one parent as the result of the psychological manipulation of another parent. The child’s estrangement may manifest itself as fear, disrespect or hostility toward the distant parent, and may extend to additional relatives or parties. The child’s estrangement is disproportionate to any acts or conduct attributable to the alienated parent. Parental alienation can occur in any family unit, but is claimed to occur most often within the context of family separation, particularly when legal proceedings are involved

Michael’s work in the area of high conflict divorce and custody litigation has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, the Daily Herald, the New York Post, and on national radio and television.

Parental alienation is often described in terms of three levels or degrees, which reflect the severity of the alienating behaviors and their impact on the ch...

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