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).
Doddridge is an unincorporated community in southern Miller County, Arkansas, United States. It is located near the intersection of U.S. Highway 71 and Highway 160, approximately five miles north of the Louisiana border. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 71834. The community is part of the Texarkana, TX–Texarakana, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area.