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).
Denniston is an unincorporated community in Menifee County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 460 and Kentucky Route 746 southeast of the city of Frenchburg, the county seat of Menifee County. Its elevation is 1,106 feet (337 m). Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 40316. Denniston is part of the Mount Sterling Micropolitan Statistical Area.