The Custody Cartel: Inside Arizona's Network of Judicial Exploitation through the "AFCC Pipeline" Arizona's family court system is not broken—it's functioning exactly as designed. Beneath the surface of custody disputes and therapeutic interventions lies a coordinated network of judges, attorneys, and court-appointed professionals who operate under the banner of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC). Survivors and reform advocates call it the "AFCC Pipeline"—a profit-driven scheme that commodifies child custody, silences protective parents, and rewards abusers with unchecked power