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).
Afton is an unincorporated community in northern Dickens County, Texas, United States. The Patton Springs Independent School District serves area students. Saddlemaker Charles Weldon Cannon was born in Afton in 1915.