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).
Jewell is an unincorporated community in northern Richland Township, Defiance County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43530. It is located at the intersection of County Roads 55 and 185 a short distance southeast of U.S. Route 24.