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).
Norway is a city in Dickinson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,959 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Iron Mountain, MI–WI Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city is in the southwest of Norway Township, but is politically independent. It is on US 2, which connects with M-95 about six miles west in Iron Mountain and with US 41 about 21 miles to the east. US 141 north merges with US 2 about four miles west of the city. US 8 has its eastern terminus in the city and crosses the Menominee River to continue west in Wisconsin.