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===Legal and therapeutic responses===
There are a number of orders the court can make to deal with the problem of a child's reluctance to see a parent. These are the ''legal responses'' available when a child resists seeing a parent. The ''Therapeutic therapeutic responses'' consist of the help available from mental health professionals.
It may be necessary to ask the court for orders when one or both parents won't agree to take steps to support and foster the child's relationship with the rejected parent. These orders might include adjusting the children's parenting plan, limiting how and when the parents interact with each other, and enforcing orders and agreements that say when a child will see their parents. Other orders can require children and parents to participate in one or more of the available therapeutic responses. The kind of orders that are most likely to help will change depending on the circumstances, the age and maturity of the child, and the extent of the breakdown in the child's relationship with the rejected parent.