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).
Lindley is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 1,913 at the 2000 census. The name of the town was named after the early settler Eleazer Lindsley. The Town of Lindley is in the south part of the county, south of Corning.