Decision on the merits was justified on mother’s appeal from Family Division order granting father’s request to compel enrollment of parties’ daughter in public school for a particular school year, even if appeal was moot on basis that the school year in question had concluded; case, which arose out of a disagreement between parties having joint parenting responsibilities for daughter as to whether she should be home schooled or enrolled in public school, involved a matter which was capable of repetition yet evading review.
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