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).
Pine Ridge is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the most populous community of Shannon County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 3,171 at the 2000 census. It is the tribal headquarters of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.