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).
Spring Gap is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. Spring Gap is located in the Potomac Valley along the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal at mile marker 173 where it meets with the Spring Gap Recreational Area. This park offers camping sites and a place to relax for hiker-bikers of the C&O tow path. In additional, the park is easy to access by car and proves canoe access to the Potomac River. The Spring Gap Recreation Area is a popular location to pick-up, drop-off, or park when hiking or biking the C&O canel tow path to or from Cumberland, Maryland. Some of the best fishing in the Potomac River is in the section from Spring Gap to Hancock. Running nearby the C&O canel is the CSX main rail line to Cumberland and Route 51.