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).
Broken Bow is a city in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 4,230 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Broken Bow, Nebraska, the former hometown of the city's founders, the Dierks brothers. It was the location of the wounding and capture of murderer Richard Wayne Snell, following his shootout with local police.