Fichter v. Fichter

L.R. JONES, J.S.C.

In 2013, the State of New Jersey amended the Child Support Guidelines to include additional provisions relating to the cost of motor vehicle insurance. These amendments, however, have raised further questions and debate as to when a parent who is already paying guideline-level child support is also obligated to contribute to the additional cost of an unemancipated teenage child’s car insurance as a newly licensed driver. There is apparently no case law addressing this issue subsequent to the 2013 amendments.

*208For the reasons set forth in this opinion, the family court, in its…