EDGEWATER DIVORCE MEDIATION

It was appropriate for the New Jersey divorce judge to deny the father's motion to emancipate his two daughters – one 22 and one 20. There was ample credible evidence that both girls were full-time students living with their mother, despite one daughter’s having left home for approximately 5 months to live away from home. On theother hand, the problem arose because the mother did not reasonably communicate with the father about the daughters’ status, and so, the judge was justified in awarding counsel fees in favor of the father and against the mother.  Gauthier v. Delgado, New Jersey App. Div., April 18, 2007