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).
Darien is a village in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. It is pronounced "dairy-ENN", although many people living in this town tend to pronounce it as "dairy-ANN". The population was 1,572 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Darien.