Teen Moves Back in With Parents

Rachel Canning, the New Jersey teenager who sued her parents for college money and $650 a week in child support has now returned home. According to The Daily News:

Parents Sean and Elizabeth Canning reportedly welcomed the prodigal daughter back with open arms. As far as the parents are concerned, “it’s ancient history, it’s done.”

“Her return home is not contingent on any financial and/or other considerations,” [the attorney] Sarno said.

He wouldn’t comment on why the lawsuit hasn’t been pulled, saying only that the case was “over on a different level, not legal.”

Rachel had been living with a best friend in Rockaway Township for more than four months after moving out of her parents Sean and Elizabeth Canning’s Lincoln Park home. With financial help from that best friend’s dad, former Morris County Freeholder John Inglesino, Canning hauled her parents to court after they stopped supporting her lifestyle.

Last week a judge refused to grant Rachel’s request for emergency funds, saying that it could create a precedent for children to sue their parents for minor things.

Photo: Nicholas Tonelli

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