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).
Pound is a village in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 355 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Pound. Village and town were named for Thaddeus Coleman Pound, a Wisconsin state politician who was the grandfather of the poet, Ezra Pound. It is also notable for being the summer retreat of Kiefer Sutherland. Pound is part of the Marinette, WI–MI Micropolitan Statistical Area.