The above scenario is only the beginning of more bad credit problems as a result of
joint debt While in college, Annette had
accumulated tens of thousands of dollars in student loans.
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.