The issues that are
typically addressed in mediation are issues related to children: legal custody and residential custody, visitation, child support, allocation of college expenses for the children, health insurance, life insurance; alimony and spousal support; division of real property, including the
family home; division of tangible personal property including motor vehicles, boats, furniture, furnishings, art work, etc.; disposition of other property accumulated during the marriage, including bank accounts, investment accounts, pension / profit - sharing / retirement accounts, etc.; payment of credit cards and other debts, and tax matters including decisions relative to filing
joint or separate tax returns and claiming the children as dependency deductions.