BALDINO v. BALDINO


241 N.J. Super. 414 (1990)

575 A.2d 66

KERRY ANN BALDINO, PLAINTIFF, v. JOHN EDWARD BALDINO, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division Family Part, Bergen County.

April 25, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Draesel, Sunshine, Atkins, Minassian & Tafuri, attorneys for plaintiff.

Picinich & Selser, attorneys for defendant.


KRAFTE, J.S.C.

We are faced here with the difficult issue of whether a child of divorced parents shall be deemed unemancipated due to his voluntary addiction to illegal drugs. This court finds that the use of such drugs does not constitute a legally accepted handicap which would trigger the continued obligation of support beyond the point at which emancipation would otherwise occur. The public policy of this State strongly discourages the protection of persons involved...

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