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38 Fam. & Concil. Cts. Rev. 3 (2000)

handle is hein.journals/fmlcr38 and id is 1 raw text is: EDITORIAL NOTES This is the first issue of FCCR for a new volume and a new millennium- an especially appropriate time to celebrate the past and anticipate the future. FCCR'S EDITORIAL MISSION: LOOKING BACKWARD AND FORWARD A reaffirmation and description of FCCR's editorial mission is an appro- priate place to begin the new century. FCCR is the academic and research journal of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) and supports AFCC's goal of promoting constructive resolution of family con- flict through interdisciplinary cooperation with family courts and affiliated services. AFCC has always been focused on an entire range of disputes that reach family courts. Much of AFCC's work in recent years, however, has been on improvement of the resolution of divorce and custody disputes asso- ciated with divorce. As a result, most (not all) of the articles in FCCR have been focused on subjects related to those disputes-mediation, parent educa- tion, joint custody, and custody evaluations. AFCC members can be proud of the progress they have made in helping construct a more humane divorce and child custody dispute resolution sys- tem. To demonstrate how much progress has been made, it helps to think about how different the child custody dispute resolution process is today as compared to, say, 1980. In 1980, court-affiliated educational programs for divorcing families barely existed. Today, 45 states have enacted legislation of court rules authorizing courts to require parents to attend education programs as part of the divorce process.' In 1980, mediation of custody disputes was rare. A 1995 count by the National Center for State Courts, in contrast, esti- mated that 200 court-connected mediation programs existed in 38 states, with 33 states having court rules or statutes mandating mediation in child custody disputes.2 Substantive legal doctrine has also undergone what two commentators called a small revolution . . . in child custody law since 1980-enactment of custody statutes that put a value on maintaining a child's relationship with both parents after divorce, a radical break with the sole cus- tody framework.3 Maintaining those relationships has become as important a goal of public policy as providing stability for the child through sole cus- FAMILY AND CONCILIATION COURTS REVIEW, Vol. 38 No. 1, January 2000 3-9 0 2000 Sage Publications, Inc. 3

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