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).
Applegate is a village in Sanilac County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 287. Applegate is in the southeast corner of Washington Township on the boundary with Sanilac Township.