CAMDEN COUNTY

— The divorced parents of a 21-year-old woman have been ordered to contribute $16,000 a year toward their estranged daughter's college tuition,

according to a report on 6ABC.com.

Neither Michael Ricci nor Maura McGarvey have seen their daughter Caitlyn Ricci in two years except in court, the report said. Caitlyn Ricci moved out of her mother's house and in with her paternal grandparents.

Caitlyn Ricci sued her parents in the spring just as they were preparing to ask a judge to declare her emancipated from them, the report said. Her grandparents are paying for her lawyer's fees.

A judge cited Newburgh v. Arrigo, 88 N.J. 529 (1982). In that landmark case, the state Supreme Court ruled divorced parents are responsible for providing for their child's college education.

Caitlyn Ricci's parents told the television station they are appealing the ruling and won't foot the bill for out-of-state tuition at Temple University.

Ricci is a 2012 graduate of Washington Township High School.

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Earlier this year, Rachel Canning, then a senior at Morris Catholic High School sued her parents for child support and college tuition after moving out of her house.

Canning later asked a judge to dismiss the complaint and she returned to her parents' home. She now attends Western New England University in Massachusetts.

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