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).
Hayes Center is a village in Hayes County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 240 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Hayes County. It is the location of the 1925-built St. John's Evangelical Lutheran German Church and Cemetery, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.