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).
Mountain Center is an unincorporated community in west central Riverside County, California. It lies along State Route 74 in the southern division of San Bernardino National Forest, just north of Lake Hemet. Mountain Center lies midway between Hemet and Palm Desert, and it is southeast of the city of Riverside, the county seat of Riverside County. Its elevation is 4,518 feet (1,377 m), and it is located at 33°42′15″N 116°43′33″W / 33.70417°N 116.72583°W / 33.70417; -116.72583 (33.7041889, -116.7258522). Although Mountain Center is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 92561. According to the 2000 Census, Mountain Center had a population in 2000 of 1,495. The community is 85.2 per cent white, 11.5 per cent Hispanic, 5.4 per cent American Indian, and 0.9 per cent Asian. Non-Hispanic whites represent 82.2 per cent of the population