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).
Valley Mills is a city in Bosque and McLennan Counties in Central Texas. The population was 1,123 at the 2000 census. The McLennan County portion of Valley Mills is part of the Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area.