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).
Soudan is an unincorporated community in Breitung Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located immediately east of the city of Tower on Minn. Highway 169 / Minn. Highway 1. It is the home of McKinley Park, a state park and campground named in honor of the 25th President of the United States, William McKinley. The Soudan Underground Mine State Park is located nearby. The park contains the University of Minnesota's Soudan Underground Laboratory which houses detectors, including MINOS, over 700 meters below the surface of the Earth. Although it is unincorporated, Soudan has a post office, with the ZIP code of 55782.