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).
Alpha is a village in Iron County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 198. The village is in Mastodon Township. The Alpha post office opened with the name Mastadon on October 1, 1883 and was discontinued on December 20, 1888. The office was reestablished as Alpha on December 15, 1913.