You and your spouse can negotiate a settlement to resolve many outstanding issues in your divorce, including the division of marital assets/liabilities, alimony, and child custody. However, a court must enter a judgment to legalize your divorce. You and your spouse can ask the court to incorporate the terms of your settlement into the divorce judgment. In addition, a court must resolve a few outstanding issues in divorce, such as child support, which parents may not negotiate since the law considers the right to child support to belong to the child rather than their parent.