If you are in family court, the chances are that at least one of the parents is high up on the narcissistic scale, employing a highly maladaptive attachment strategy. In Narcissism in the Family Court we looked at Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). Further up the narcissistic scale to NPD is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD):

Also on the narcissistic scale is Co-dependency.