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 throughout 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).
This list is by no means dispositive of the potential issues that come through the family court system. In many jurisdictions, the family courts see the most crowded dockets. Litigants representative of all social and economic classes are parties within the system.

Time line of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

1918, July 18 - born in Transkei,South Africa
1942 - qualified in law
1944 - joined the African National Congress
After 1948 - engaged in resistance against the ruling National Party's apartheid policies
1956-1961 - went on trial for treason
1961 - was acquitted
1962 - was arrested and sentenced to five years' imprisonment
1963 - stand trial for plotting ro overthrow the government, his statement received consideravle international publicity
1964, June 12 - was sentenced to life imprisonment
1964-1982 - was incarcerated at Robben Island Prison
1990, February 11 - was released
1991 - was elected President of ANC

time line of sir Douglas Nicholls

1906 -- born in NSW

1914 -- eight years old Douglas saw his 16 years old sister taken to Cootamundra

1919 -- when he was 13, he worked with his uncle as a tar boy and general hand on sheepstations.

1927 -- he played before a crowd of 9000 people and was a huge success.

1932 -- Doug joined Fitzroy

1939 -- problems with a knee injury forced him to retire

1940 -- he was back at Northcote as a non-playing coach