In a lot of ways their daughter is what they made her to be. I don't think there are any victims in this one. The family is broken, and the kid should go her way while the parents go their's. If all she wants her parents for is money then there isn't anything repairable in the relationship.
not necessarily... my parents raised seven children... of the seven, there was one rebellious child... they did not raise her to be that way... but she chose to be that way... they had a hard time with her for 2-3 years during her teen years... drinking, cutting school, getting into fights... being brought home in a police car... my parents never covered for her... they let her experience the consequences... which is what i think these parents were doing--letting their daughter experience the consequences of moving out on her own... until this law suit!
fortunately, by the time my sister finished high school, she straightened out... she went to college, got married, raised her son who went to private school, college, and is now a State Trooper... my sister and her husband have been married since 1975... they are both productive members of society...
my niece, who is my age, had a similar experience with her daughter... her teen-aged daughter met an older guy, wanted to be with him all the time, got into big fights with her parents over it... she moved out... my niece was heart-broken... it was awful! (she never experienced any of this with her other three children)... but eventually her daughter realized the guy was no good as her parents had warned... came back... things worked out... that was several years ago... even if things seem broken now, it does not mean there is no hope... that there is nothing to salvage...
mis dos centavos...