My guess is the judge could do that without the stipulation.
The graduate is rightly the focus of the day. He can't bear to fake sincerity and congratulate his kid, what would he get out of it? If he attends, it would be his first. He won't go.
Evan Corcoran wasn't about to sign that thing, he wrote it. Bobble thinks her caveat "based upon the information that has been provided to me" will save her. A damn dumb lawyer.:wall: