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).
Harlan is an unincorporated town in Springfield Township, Allen County, Indiana. As of the 2000 Census, Harlan has a population of 1,183. Present-day Harlan is the mergance of the towns of Harlan and Maysville. The border between the two towns was Georgetown Road (Indiana State Road 37) with Harlan being on the north side of the road. Maysville faded from existence when the post office was built in Harlan sometime around the turn of the 20 century.