IL HR0113

Designates April 2013 as "Stop Parental Alienation Awareness Month" in Illinois

Defines parental alienation as a manipulative process where one parent disparages the other parent to alienate a child from them, most commonly occurring during divorce or separation

Characterizes parental alienation as a form of child abuse that denies children a loving and supportive relationship with both parents and is not in their best interest

Notes that unhappiness from parental alienation has been linked to child kidnapping, murder, suicide, and other destructive behaviors

Aims to increase awareness of parental alienation and its negative consequences on family relationships to reduce its occurrence