L.L. v. R.L.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Richard A. Dollinger, J.

Introduction

What does “means” mean?

*779In this matter, the court confronts a common problem for a divorced couple. The parties made a provision for their children’s undergraduate education in their separation agreement, requiring them to contribute according to “their respective means” if and when the children went to college. Now, as they begin to attend college — and the bills accrue — the parties dispute this detail of their separation agreement, specifically the definition of “means.”

Most of the facts are undisputed. In their separation agreement,…