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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Spousal support
Child expenses above spousal support (car ins, cell phone service, cell phone purchase, car purchase, prom and other dances expenses, college app and college visit fees, lessons, tutoring, equipment, books, study aids, college counselors, bday parties, salon fees, computer, unreimbursed med exp, etc - how they will be divided)
College expenses 
Life insurance at least thru youngest child turning 25
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Doubt you're going to get anything on the list past spousal support because it could be seen as divesting the court of jurisdiction over the award of child support.  Those would be good things to include in a separation agreement if you are divorcing though.[/quote]

Not to mention the OP states that the SAH currently has the same earning as the working spouse. Court will award some money to get back in their feet, but if the spouse doesn’t have huge leverage than more than her fair share if she had already proven she can supposed herself.[/quote]

PP here and just to be clear my comment was that an agreement on the items related to child support will likely not be enforceable.  The spousal support portion of such an agreement would generally be enforceable regardless of their relative earning capacities at the time of divorce.  If I were the OP and my objective was to compensate for time out of the market I would structure the spousal support as some percentage of the income above what OP could earn at the time of divorce taking into account tax consequences including both the income tax bracket of the higher earner and whether the tax code changes such that spousal support becomes taxable income again.  Whether the working party will agree to all of this is up for debate and I will say I've seen it go the other way where the working party decides the potential exposure in the event of divorce is too great and they change their mind about one spouse staying home.  So, in that regard, depending on how much OP wants to stay home or not I'd be careful with overplaying my hand.[/quote]

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