AFJP Mission Statement

The ultimate purpose of this organization shall be to bring about improvement in the laws of the several states relating to marriage and divorce and allied phases of family life, to the end that the law, in both philosophy and procedure, may tend to conserve, not disserve, family life; that it may be constructive, not destructive, as to marriage; that it may be helpful, not harmful, to the individual partners and their children; that it may be preventive, rather than punitive, as to marriage and family failure. (1)

(1) These words were the core of the original mission statement of the Family Law Section
of the American Bar Association. Judge Paul W. Alexander of Toledo, Ohio, author of
“Public Service by Lawyers in the Field of Divorce,” Ohio State Law Journal,
Vol. 13, 1952, page 21.

AFJP Mission Statement

(1) These words were the core of the original mission statement of the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association. Judge Paul W. Alexander of Toledo, Ohio, author of “Public Service by Lawyers in the Field of Divorce,” Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 13, 1952, page 21.

(1) These words were the core of the original mission statement of the Family Law Section
of the American Bar Association. Judge Paul W. Alexander of Toledo, Ohio, author of
“Public Service by Lawyers in the Field of Divorce,” Ohio State Law Journal,
Vol. 13, 1952, page 21.