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).
Clayton is a city in Montgomery and Miami Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 13,347 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1998, Clayton merged with the remainder of Montgomery County's Randolph Township.