ELIZABETH, N.J. Divorce talks will continue for former Gov. James McGreevey and his estranged wife.

Officials said the nation's first openly gay governor and Dina Matos McGreevey were to discuss financial arrangements for alimony and child support on Monday. They reached a deal last week regarding custody of their child.

The judge at the Union County Courthouse is encouraging negotiations in a bid to avoid a trial that would determine the terms for dissolving the marriage.

Another issue to be resolved is the marriage fraud claim by Matos McGreevey.

The couple were married four years before splitting in 2004, when McGreevey resigned during his first term.

He made a nationally televised speech in which he acknowledged being "a gay American" and said he had an affair with a male staffer. The staffer. though, denied the affair and claims he was sexually harassed by McGreevey.