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).
Jessie is an unincorporated community in northern Griggs County, North Dakota, United States. It lies along North Dakota Highway 65 northwest of the city of Cooperstown, the county seat of Griggs County. Its elevation is 1,473 feet (449 m). Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 58452.