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).
Milford is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. It is located across the Penobscot River from Old Town, Maine. The population was 2,950 at the 2000 census. The town's slogan is "The Best Dam Town in Maine," referring to the dam abutting Milford on the Penobscot River, south of the Penobscot Indian Island Reservation.