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).
Middlebranch is an unincorporated community in northeastern Plain Township, Stark County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44652. It is located on the northeastern side of Canton. The community is part of the Canton–Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area.