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).
Qulin is a town located in Butler County in Southeast Missouri in the United States. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the town had a population of 467; a 2008 estimate, however, showed the population to be 479, an increase of 2.60%. Qulin is included within the Poplar Bluff Metropolitan Statistical Area.