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).
Hopkinton is a city in Delaware County, Iowa, United States. The population was 681 at the 2000 census. The town is the former home of Lenox College, a small school that closed in 1944. The old campus is still maintained as a museum.