The New Jersey high school student who filed a lawsuit against her parents to make them pay for her education fees has returned home.
18-year-old Rachel Canning has reportedly gone back to her house and rejoined her mother, father and siblings.
"Her return home is not contingent on any financial and/or other considerations," a statement written by attorney Angelo Sarno obtained by Fox News on Thursday read.
A New Jersey judge denied the student immediate funds and payment for her private high school tuition - Rachel initially called for her parents to pay $650 a week in child support, along with a debt of $5,306 owed to Morris Catholic High School.
Morris County Court Judge Peter Bogaard also instructed Rachel's parents to keep her on their health insurance policy and keep up on her college savings accounts, Fox reported.
The honor student, cheerleader and lacrosse player first filed a suit against her parents in the Family Part of Morristown's state Superior Court earlier this month.
Rachel said her mother and father kicked her out of the house the moment she turned 18 years old, adding that they'd "abandoned" her.
According to father Sean Canning, Rachel's issues weren't portrayed accurately at the time of the initial suit. He told USA Today that her case was being blown out of proportion, and that his daughter didn't want to follow basic rules of the home - following curfew, doing chores and not arguing with her two siblings among them - and refused to sever ties with her boyfriend, who the parents think aren't good for Rachel.
But Rachel contended in her filing that her parents kicked her out of the house on Nov. 1, the day she turned 18. The New Jersey teen wrote in her paperwork that her mom and dad cut her "from all support both financially and emotionally." Rachel also said her parents abused her, both physically and sexually.
"My parents have rationalized their actions by blaming me for not following their rules," Rachel wrote. "They stopped paying my high school tuition to punish the school and me and have redirected my college fund, indicating their refusal to afford me an education as punishment."
But Sean said his daughter's fund was open to her and hadn't been withdrawn or moved.
"We're heartbroken, but what do you do when a child says, 'I don't want your rules but I want everything under the sun, and you to pay for it?'" Sean said at the time.
