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.