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).
Vaughn is a town in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 539 at the 2000 census. Vaughn is located at an intersection of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific railroad lines.