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).
Ivanhoe is an unincorporated community in southern Wythe County, Virginia, United States, just north of the Carroll County border. New River Trail State Park runs through Ivanhoe. This town composed in a rural atmosphere in which many of its residents do not even own cell phones.