What issues can we cover in a Separation Agreement?

You can address all issues arising from your marriage and separation except you cannot contract about getting an absolute divorce. You can agree on child custody and visitation, child support, alimony, the division of all your marital assets and debts from large assets down to household furniture, and address tax issues, such as who will claim the children as dependents, and whether you will file or separate tax returns that year and following years.