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).
Liguori is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. It is a part of the Greater St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area and is located approximately ten miles south of Arnold on U.S. Route 67. The community is named after Saint Alphonsus Liguori, founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, and is the home of communities of Redemptorists and Redemptoristine nuns.