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).
Wiscasset is a town in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Maine, United States, in the Mid Coast region of the state. The population was 3,603 at the 2000 census. Home to the Chewonki Foundation, Wiscasset is a popular tourist destination noted for its early architecture.