The court’s order was “a warning for all those parents who, during separations or divorces, use their children as tools for blackmail”, La Stampa wrote GETTY IMAGESAn Italian court has made legal history by ordering a divorced mother to pay €30,000 damages to her former husband because she criticised him in front of their child. The court in Rome ruled that the wealthy woman had denigrated her former husband to such an extent that their teenage son would fail to show up for appointments with him. The court also warned her that she would lose the right for the boy to live with her if she continued to be rude about his father. “This decision breaks new ground in Italy — not just because of the damages…

Source: The Times October 20, 2016 15:56 UTC