Proclamation
the mission at One Mom’s Battle (OMB) and the Family Court Awareness Month Committee (FCAMC) is to increase awareness on the importance of a family court system that prioritizes child safety and acts in the best interest of children, and; the mission of 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; the mission at the FCAMC is to educate judges and other family court professionals on the empirical data and research that is currently available. Such research is a critical component to making decisions that are truly in the best interest of children.
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) and;
the mission at the FCAMC is fueled by the desire for awareness and change in the family court system while honoring the hundreds of children in the United States who have been murdered by a parent after a custody court rejected the other parent’s plea for protection.
Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved that I, David Lesser, Mayor of the City of Manhattan Beach, California , on behalf of the City Council and the residents of Manhattan Beach, do hereby proclaim the month of November, 2025 as
National Family Court Awareness Month
Dated this 4
th
day of November, 2025.
Whereas,
Whereas,
Whereas,
Whereas,
Mayor David Lesser
ATTEST:
City Clerk Liza Tamura