A New Jersey mom has been ordered to pay for her estranged daughter's college tuition, ABC News reported on Thursday.
Caitlyn Ricci, 21, sued to make her parents pay $16,000 every year so she can go to school at the Delaware River Temple University in Pennsylvania.
Maura McGarvey, the girl's mother, said she's amazed her daughter would take her to court, and is appealing the judge's ruling.
"Of course, it's not anything you ever imagine," she said between tears. "I feel like I tried very hard to raise my child right."
Court papers arrived around Mothers Day 2013, signaling for the first time that Ricci was going to sue her mother and her ex-husband.
"She comes from two loving families and she was given what she wanted when she was growing up," her father, Michael Ricci, told ABC 7.
Not only is there a monetary loss, but the fight over the tuition has escalated into harsh words, and even her attorney Andrew Rochester expressed grief.
"Caitlyn is a spoiled brat,' and that was the nicest thing any of them have ever said about Caitlyn," said Caitlyn's attorney," he said.
Caitlyn's parent's marriage was short and only lasted two and a half years, but they worked together to provide the best life they could for their daughter.
Their relationship allegedly fell apart when her mother kicked Caitlyn out of the house when she became rebellious as a teenager.
Angela Ricci, Caitlyn's grandmother, paid to allow her granddaughter to sue her only son, Michael Ricci.
The tuition bill was due on Wednesday, but is still unpaid because her parents refuse to put up the money.
