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).
Sumter is a city in and the county seat of Sumter County, South Carolina, United States. Its population was 59,159 at the 2000 census. It is the principal city of the Sumter, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.