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).
Beach is a city in and the county seat of Golden Valley County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. The population was 1,116 at the 2000 census. Beach was incorporated in 1909. The mayor of Beach is Walter Losinski.