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).
Shawnee is an unincorporated community in southeastern Converse County, Wyoming, United States. It lies along the concurrent U.S. Routes 18 and 20 east of the city of Douglas, the county seat of Converse County. Its elevation is 5,059 feet (/1,542 m), and it is located at 42°44′52″N 105°0′35″W / 42.74778°N 105.00972°W / 42.74778; -105.00972 (42.7477457, -105.0096940). Although Shawnee is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 82229.