Lincoln Park teen who sued parents returns home; family issues will be settled in private
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2014 LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY MARCH 12, 2014, 11:27 PM
BY CHRISTOPHER MAAG AND STEFANIE DAZIO
STAFF WRITERS
THE RECORD
It was a case that struck fear in the hearts of parents around the world. If a teenager does not like her parents’ rules, can she move out of their house and then sue them for hundreds of thousands of dollars in financial support?
Rachel Canning, the 18-year-old senior at Morris Catholic High School, may never know for sure. She’s moved back into her family’s home in Lincoln Park, a lawyer for her parents announced at a news conference Wednesday, possibly ending a lawsuit that landed her troubled family in the middle of a global media firestorm.
“The bottom line is it’s over. She’s home,” said Angelo Sarno, the lawyer for Rachel’s parents, Sean and Elizabeth Canning. “You can’t address family grievances in a courtroom.”
Family law experts around North Jersey agreed.
“There really was no need for this family’s situation to become a public matter in the first place,” said Bari Weinberger, a family law attorney in Paramus. “These are parents with a child in need of counseling and help behind closed doors, not a legal battle in open court. It’s a relief to see that cooler heads prevailed.”
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