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).
|postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 76661 |area_code = 254 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 48-46740 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 1362189 |website = http://www. marlintexas. com |footnotes = }} Marlin is a city in Falls County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,628 at the 2000 census. As of July, 2007, Marlin had an estimated population of 6,019, a -7.7% change from 2000. It has been the county seat of Falls County since 1851, the third different town to earn the title. Marlin alone as a county seat has had four different county courthouses.