We are judges, lawyers, mental health and financial professionals, judicial assistants and court staff members, mediators, school counselors, educators, and other professionals working to help families through the maze of marital and family law matters. The history of AFLP involves several interest groups that converged in the mid-1980’s: a small, diverse group of professionals who sought to determine whether Lee County needed court-sponsored mediation; another group who wished to change the adversarial nature of family law; and another who tasked themselves with educating professionals who serve divorcing couples. These groups, coupled with this community’s leaders who were willing to vocalize their opinions about protecting children through the divorce process, formed the philosophy and mission of the AFLP.
