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).
Vulcan is an unincorporated community in southern Iron County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 49 about twenty miles south of Ironton. The community was founded in 1915. It was a mining town in the past and was named for the Vulcan Iron Works in St. Louis.