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Proclamation by Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, November 2, 2021
FAMILY COURT AWARENESS MONTH
• WHEREAS, Families Against Court Travesties, Inc. (FACTS), located in Palm Beach County, has been observing Family and Dependency Court proceedings for almost 20 years, advocating for children negatively affected by court decisions, and;
• WHEREAS, the missions of FACTS, One Mom’s Battle (OMB) and the Family Court Awareness Month Committee (FCAMC) include increasing awareness on the importance of a family court system that prioritizes child safety and acts in the best interest of children, and;
• WHEREAS, the mission at the FCAMC is to increase awareness on the importance of education and training on domestic violence, childhood trauma and post separation abuse for all professionals working within the family court system, and;
• WHEREAS, the mission at the FCAMC is to educate judges and other family court professionals on the empirical data and research that is currently available
• WHEREAS, this research includes The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study (CDC-Kaiser Permanente), Saunder’s Study (US Department of Justice), The Meier Study: Child Custody Outcomes in Cases Involving Abuse Allegations, and the Santa Clara Law Study (Confronting the Challenge of High-Conflict Personality in Family Court), such research being a critical component to making decisions that are truly in the best interest of children and;
• WHEREAS, the mission at the FCAMC is fueled by the desire for awareness and change in the family court system while honoring the children in the United States who have been murdered by a parent after a custody court rejected the other parent’s plea for protection (Source: Center for Judicial Excellence)
• THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED that Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners declares November to be FAMILY COURT AWARENESS MONTH