What are the important facts and holding(s) in the Nebel case?
In the Nebel case, the defendant husband sought a review of the court’s decision, which ordered the defendant to contribute toward the college expense of the parties’ 18 year old son in plaintiff wife’s custody. This was basically the first college contribution case that was decided by the New Jersey judiciary. The Nebel holding is a fairly old case and it was decided in 1968. However, it is still good law today. The plaintiff wife sought an order to require the defendant husband to pay for their 18 years old son’s college tuition. At the first hearing the court found that the defendant was financially able to contribute toward college expenses. The court further found that the defendant had a duty to provide his son with a college education if the defendant could afford it, and that higher education was an economic necessity. However, because the plaintiff failed to show that their son could not get a reasonably adequate education at a public university, the court only required the de
