The following links are in English Academy of Family Mediators Members of the Academy of Family Mediators provide mediation services to families facing decisions involving separation, divorce or marital dissolution, child custody, parenting, visitation, property division, wills and estates, elder care, spouse support or alimony, child support, family business, pre-nuptial agreements, and many other disputes, conflicts or issues involving the family. This site contains family law and child custody attorneys for every state and county in the United States. A great all around source of facts and resources pertaining to marriage, divorce and child custody. The individual right to make such a decision is protected by the U.S. Constitution.
All states have laws prohibiting domestic violence.
Domestic violence generally includes physical attacks as well as other kinds of harassment. For example, harassing phone calls, surveillance, and disturbing someone at work may all be considered domestic violence. A Selective Resource Guide Family law has traditionally been an area of private law governed by rules local to a given jurisdiction and not cognizable as a subject for international agreement. In recent years, however, principally through the United Nations and the Hague Conference on Private International Law, a movement to harmonize some aspects of family law across national regimes and to avoid the harmful human consequences of conflicts of law in this area has resulted in several major international instruments. This locator links to state laws which correspond to Uniform Laws in the subject areas of matrimony, family, and health.