HOBOKEN NEW JERSEY HUDSON COUNTY DIVORCE MEDIATION COLLEGE EXPENSES

The New Jersey divorce judge was correct in emancipating the parties' 3 older children. However, the request recalculate child support arrears was properly denied. In addition, the court granted the mother's request to compel the father to pay 50 percent of the college costs of the parties' youngest child in accordance with the New Jersey judgment of divorce. As to the latter, the Newburgh factors were applied with respect to the father's obligation to contribute to the college expenses of his youngest child. Since the father failed to produce any further evidence of changed circumstances, the order is affirmed.    Guardiola v. Ellis, New Jersey App. Div., January 3, 2008