Family law is an area of the law that deals with family-related issues and domestic relations including the nature of marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships; issues arising during marriage, including spousal abuse, legitimacy, adoption, surrogacy, child abuse, and child abduction; the termination of the relationship and ancillary matters including divorce, annulment, property settlements, alimony, and parental responsibility orders (in the United States, child custody and visitation, child support and alimony awards).
Summerdale is a rural town in south-central Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. It is the site of the NOLF Summerdale Airport. At the 2000 census the population was 655. It is part of the Daphne–Fairhope–Foley Micropolitan Statistical Area.