NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court ." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-3656-18T1 LAURA DILAURA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EDWARD DILAURA, SR., Defendant-Respondent. __________________________ Submitted March 2, 2020 – Decided April 23, 2020 Before Judges Messano and Vernoia. On appeal from the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Family Part, Passaic County, Docket No. FM-16-1348-97. Eric J. Warner, LLC, attorneys for appellant (Eric James Warner, of counsel and on the briefs). Law Offices of Edward P. Azar, LLC, attorneys for respondent (Edward P. Azar, on the brief). PER CURIAM In this post-judgment matrimonial matter, plaintiff Laura DiLaura appeals from a March 14, 2019 order denying her motion for relief in aid of litigant 's rights to compel her former husband, defendant Edward DiLaura, Sr., to comply with the terms of the parties' 1998 final judgment of divorce (JOD), and granting defendant's cross-motion for emancipation of the parties' two adult children, termination of his child support obligation, and an attorney's fee award. Having reviewed the record in light of the applicable law, we affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand for further proceedings. I. Prior to addressing plaintiff's arguments challenging the March 14, 2019 order from which she appeals, we summarize the pertinent proceedings between the parties. The Parties' 1998 Divorce and Defendant's Payment of Child Support Plaintiff and defendant married in 1987 and divorced in 1998. They have two children: Edward DiLaura, Jr. (Edward, Jr.), born in 1991; and Emily DiLaura (Emily), born in 1994. The parties' 1998 JOD provided for joint legal custody of the children and granted plaintiff residential custody. In relevant part, the JOD required defendant pay $180 per week in child support, and the parties equally share payment of the children's unreimbursed medical expenses. A-3656-18T1 2 The JOD also provided the parties "shall consult with each other" concerning where the children will go to college, "the cost of . . . same and whether or not the parties can afford said education," and, "[i]n the event the parties agree to a specific . . . college[,] . . . it is agreed [they] shall pay for the same based on their respective incomes at the time of enrollment." Edward, Jr. attended college and graduated in May 2014, at age twenty- two. Upon Edward, Jr.'s graduation, defendant unilaterally reduced his weekly child support payments from the $180 required by the JOD to $100. Emily attended college, and, following her May 2016 graduation, defendant stopped paying child support altogether. 2017 – The Parties' First Post-Judgment Motions In March 2017, plaintiff filed the first post-judgment application following entry of the JOD nineteen years earlier. She moved for relief in aid of litigant's rights to: compel defendant to pay past due and ...
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