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).
Guilderland is a town in Albany County, New York, United States. In the 2000 census, the town had a population of 32,688. The town's name means "Moneyland" in Dutch and is named for Gelderland, in the Netherlands. The town of Guilderland is on the central-northwest border of the county. It is west of Albany, the capital of New York.