Minority Report: The Sci-Fi Movie Not as Chilling As Child Support Enforcement, Our Real “PreCrime” Program
by Robert Seidenberg

Have Today's Fatherless Kids Really Been Abandoned Voluntarily by
Their Dads?
by Stephen Baskerville
President, ACFC

Looking Back Over the Year, We See the Good and the Staggeringly Bad
by Michael McCormick
Executive Director, ACFC

Mass. Questions Asks:
Why Must One Ex-Spouse Lose the Parenting Role?

by Cathy Young

Led by Indiana, US Non-Custodial Parents Have Filed Class-Action Suits Against Almost All of the States, Alleging Legal Violations and Abuse of Powers
by Wendy McElroy

Study of Support Guidelines in Seven States Shows They Tilt Against Fathers
by Jeffery M. Leving and Glenn Sacks

Law on Joint Care Offers Iowa's Divorced Fathers Hope
by Lynn Campbell

Understanding the Legal Basis of Parental Rights
by Daniel Lee

 
Editor-in-Chief David A. Roberts
Managing Editor John Maguire
Editor Emeritus Richard Doyle
Published by the American Coalition for Fathers and Children (ACFC).
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ACFC Officers  
Stephen Baskerville, Ph. D. President
David A. Roberts Chairman of the Board
Michael McCormick Executive Director
Ileana Basil Treasurer
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The Liberator Contributing Editors
Dianne Sears
Glenn Sacks
Dr. Don Hubin
Dr. Warren Farrell
Robert Seidenberg
Wendy McElroy
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The editorial board of The Liberator is generally responsible for the contents of the publication, but not for any opinions by contributors.

Submission are heartily encouraged.  We welcome: news items, both local, national and international; state news roundups; opinion pieces; book reviews; and essays.  Twelve hundred words is the upper limit for submission.  We also need high-resolution photographs, either digital or paper.

Communicate with us my email or telephone.  Managing editor John Maguire is available at theliberator@comcast.net or at 978-452-8503.

 
 
Dear Shared Parenting Advocate:

It's a pleasure to introduce the ACFC's shared parenting publication The Liberator, tag lined "America's Shared Parenting Quarterly."  The Liberator has been published continuously since 1968.  At its previous peak, circulation was approximately 1,000.  Our first production run was 15,000 copies.

We view the publication as a quarterly digest of the "best of" fatherhood and

All ACFC members receive The Liberator as part of their annual ACFC membership. To join ACFC, click here.

Additional copies of The Liberator can be ordered from the ACFC by clicking here.

 

shared parenting news from around the nation.  As you can see from this issue, we'll be covering shared parenting, fatherhood, paternity, custody, child support and the myriad of issues which comprise the sphere of domestic relations.

ACFC is committed to sending the publication to our member base and to all elected representatives at the state and federal levels.  The first ACFC published edition will be arriving this week in your legislator's district office.

I ask you to view the publication as an outlet for information concerning shared parenting efforts in your area and as a vehicle to facilitate cohesion and information exchange among interested individuals and organizations around the nation.

Please feel free to submit articles for publication consideration to John Maguire, Managing Editor, at theliberator@comcast.net.  We are planning another edition for January distribution.  Thereafter, we will publish quarterly.  Please submit material for the January issue ASAP.  Digital photos are also needed.

Thanks for your interest in the paper and your affiliation with ACFC.  I'm looking forward to your feedback.  All comments and critiques are welcome.  It's our goal to make our voices heard across the spectrum of society.

On behalf of David Roberts, Stephen Baskerville, John Maguire, I wish all of you the best.

Sincerely,

Michael McCormick
Executive Director, ACFC

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