Divorce & Issues Relating to Children Divorce is complicated — legally, financially, and emotionally. Children’s proper care and upbringing is of great importance. Here are the issues married couples wanting divorce would usually encounter:

1) Child support
2) Child custody, legal
3) Child custody, physical
4) Visitation with non-custodial parent
5) Grandparent visitation
6) Visitation with stepchildren
7) Health insurance for children
8) Dental insurance for children
9) Uninsured health care costs
10) College education
11) Residence in the marital homestead
12) Beneficiaries of life insurance policies
13) Claiming children as dependents for income tax purposes
14) Religious upbringing of children