Family Court Awareness MonthPROCLAMATION
VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
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; and
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); and
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Darryl C. Aubrey, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the
Village of North Palm Beach, Florida, do hereby proclaim November, as
FAMILY COURT AWARENESS MONTH
in the Village of North Palm Beach, Florida.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Village of
North Palm Beach, Florida to be affixed this 9th day of November, 2021.
,J
Mayor