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NJ teen Rachel Canning, who sued parents, goes home
nj.com ^ | 3/12/2014 | Ben Horowitz

Posted on 03/12/2014 12:26:24 PM PDT by jeannineinsd

Rachel Canning, the Morris County teenager who sued her parents to force them to pay her bills, has returned to her parents’ house in Lincoln Park, her parents’ attorney announced today.

Rachel, 18, “has returned home and reunited with her parents and siblings. Her return home is not contingent on any financial and/or other considerations,” her parents' attorney Angelo Sarno, said in a statement.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: familyreconciled; ungratefulteen
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I am glad. I hope this teen has learned her lesson and things work out for the best for this family.
1 posted on 03/12/2014 12:26:24 PM PDT by jeannineinsd
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To: jeannineinsd
Nothing like a little reality slapping you in the face.
2 posted on 03/12/2014 12:27:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If Barack Hussein Obama entertains a thought that he does not verbalize, is it still a lie?)
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I hope things work out too . . . but I laughed out loud when I saw this. So, the girl’s attorney — her BFF’s daddy, whom she was living with — saw the potential gravy train dry up? And suddenly the girl sees the light and returns home?

Uh huh. I get it.


3 posted on 03/12/2014 12:28:16 PM PDT by Hetty_Fauxvert (FUBO, and the useful idiots you rode in on!)
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I bet the daddy got a lot of crap at work for interfering in another family's business, and he decided to kick the little moocher out. Especially after the judge didn't give her any money to give back to her benefactors, and he was going to have no way to get it back. I hope he had to pay the idiot attorney he hired a lot of money.

I also bet the girl came back because her peers were giving her a load of crap about how stupid she was. I bet she hasn't learned a lesson so much as had no alternatives but to make up with her parents. It would take me a long time to trust this girl as a family member again.

4 posted on 03/12/2014 12:32:00 PM PDT by Defiant (Let the Tea Party win, and we will declare peace on the American people and go home.)
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To: jeannineinsd

I hope the parents were smart enough to get her to agree to earn her keep and possibly pay them back for the legal costs incurred by her moronic decision to take them to court. Probably not, though.


5 posted on 03/12/2014 12:32:01 PM PDT by South40 (Liberalism is a Disease)
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Her lawyer should be disbarred.........................


6 posted on 03/12/2014 12:33:46 PM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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No, no — BFF’s daddy WAS the girl’s attorney. (I will not speculate as to whether Daddy Lawyer was also the mixed-up girl’s sugar daddy.) Since he was a lawyer, his fellow lawyers probably thought he was great. (Again, speculation, of course.)


7 posted on 03/12/2014 12:35:03 PM PDT by Hetty_Fauxvert (FUBO, and the useful idiots you rode in on!)
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Her lawyer should be disbarred.........................

Will most likely get an award from the State Bar Association.

8 posted on 03/12/2014 12:35:53 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (For every Ted Cruz we send to DC, I can endure 2-3 "unviable" candidates that beat incumbents.)
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To: South40

I’d tell her that $$ is coming out of her college fund.


9 posted on 03/12/2014 12:36:00 PM PDT by ealgeone (obama, border)
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To: Hetty_Fauxvert

She’s 18 and no one has to support her if they choose not to.
I’m sure after “her” lawyer decided it wasn’t in his interest to continue representing and supporting her, it was explained to her that SHE was going to have to pay for housing, phone, food, etc,

and she “wised up”.


10 posted on 03/12/2014 12:36:14 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: jeannineinsd

...In celebration, the father and daughter played beer pong until the wee morning hours.

Just kidding. Good ending, I hope, to an ugly story. Thanks for posting.


11 posted on 03/12/2014 12:36:31 PM PDT by bramps (Go West America!)
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I hope this teen has learned her lesson and things work out for the best for this family.

I doubt it.

She is probably dropping her lawsuit after her attorney advised her there was no way she could win, and that he would no longer be offering his services pro bono.

But, I'll predict she is back out on her own as soon as she graduates from high school. She'll go through her "college fund" quickly and find herself working for a minimum wage job.

After she finds out what it is like to barely pay the rent, groceries, utilities, and gas each month -- and otherwise be completely broke, she'll realize that she screwed up her best chance for a decent life.

Then, she might be ready to make a change.

12 posted on 03/12/2014 12:37:21 PM PDT by justlurking (tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderator)
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“...the girl’s attorney — her BFF’s daddy, whom she was living with — saw the potential gravy train dry up? And suddenly the girl sees the light and returns home?

Uh huh. I get it”

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I agree, that ambulance chaser (John Inglesino) funding her decided he was engaged in a financially losing cause. He really needs to be ashamed of himself for his attempts to destroy this family.


13 posted on 03/12/2014 12:37:33 PM PDT by House Atreides
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Uh huh. I get it.

Me too. The little viper has circled back for round 26.

Her parents better be careful. Their little darling no doubt has a plan - and she gave it away in court by trying to claim her father behaved indecently towards her.

Watch out, dad.

14 posted on 03/12/2014 12:38:29 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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I would be dropping her off at the nearest Army recruitment center.
15 posted on 03/12/2014 12:38:43 PM PDT by right way right (America has embraced the suck of Freedumb.)
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To: South40

“I hope the parents were smart enough to get her to agree...”

...in a written, signed statement.


16 posted on 03/12/2014 12:38:57 PM PDT by moovova
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To: MrB
and she “wised up”.

Problem is, she likely didn't wise up. She's probably just playing the game and waiting for her next move. She's got no other option, so she heads back home. She'll lay low for a while and go along with Mom and Dad. But as soon as she figures out Plan B, she'll be out the door again. Watch!

17 posted on 03/12/2014 12:39:24 PM PDT by cincinnati65
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To: jeannineinsd

Good.

I hope she begged for forgiveness.


18 posted on 03/12/2014 12:39:38 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: right way right

Yup!


19 posted on 03/12/2014 12:40:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: MrB
She’s 18 and no one has to support her if they choose not to.

Believe it or not, in NJ (and a few other states), that's not true.

But, the precedents apparently apply to them kicking her out of the house before she finishes her education (which can include college). And, it's only been used in cases where the parents have split up -- i.e. making the absentee father pay for tuition.

Since she left the house on her own, and the parents are still together, the precedents apparently didn't apply.

20 posted on 03/12/2014 12:40:44 PM PDT by justlurking (tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderator)
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