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).
Luverne is a city in Rock County, Minnesota, United States, along the Rock River. The population was 4,617 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Rock County. It is one of four towns profiled in the 2007 Ken Burns documentary The War.