Snowflake in the Making

pinkcow13

This 18 year old girl from New Jersey  is suing her parents because she claims that they kicked her out of their home after her 18th birthday, and she wants them to pay her college tuition. He parents state that she voluntarily moved out because she did not want to follow their rules (chores, or dumping her D-bag boyfriend). She moved into a friends house, and now the friends father is footing the bill towards all her lawyers fees ($12,000.00 so far). She is now claiming that her mom made her bulimic, and hinting that her father may have had an inappropriate relationship with her (she claims he was inappropriately affectionate and forced her to binge drink). Yesterday a judge denied her request for emergency funds in this suit against her parents. This spoiled little brat also wants $650 WEEKLY in CHILD SUPPORT. 

This has got to be one of the most disgusting things I have ever heard. I could not even IMAGINE doing such a thing to my parents. I have a little thing called respect for them. As well as love. And at the age of 18, if you are old enough to move out, you are old enough to get a freaking job and pay for your own damn school. This just makes me so angry.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/n-honor-student-sues-parents-cut-age-18-suit-article-1.1709440

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/n-judge-denies-teen-request-funds-suit-parents-article-1.1710802

loro929

It is really disgusting what some people do for attention. I assume she expects some sort of reality show à la Bravo out of this.

pinkcow13

loro929 - I did not even think of that. And the sad thing is, I bet she will be on a reality show soon. She probably has producers knocking on her door. MTV is probably thinking of a series as we speak.

KPBM89

I read about her earlier today!  I hope they continue to rule in favor of her parents, because she is just an entitled little asshole.

pumpkinsandturkeys

I can't even imagine having the balls to turn on my parents like that.

cruffino

wow...seriously suing her parents. disgusting. and what's up with the friend's dad paying legal bills. that's creepy.

JCbride2015

UGH "entitled little asshole" is absolutely right.  I'm totally disgusted by this.

pinkcow13

cruffino - That IS creepy! At first I thought the father was her lawyer (still creepy), but then I re read the article and realized that he is paying for this circus. That just seems really weird and shady to me.

misscoffeeplease

OMG, I just want to shake the spoiled and ungrateful twat. 

Buzzfeed updated saying the judge delayed the ruling of whether her parents should pay her college fees until April 22nd. http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/a-new-jersey-cheerleader-is-suing-her-parents-to-pay-for-her

I would hope the judge laughed in her face and told her "Good luck on being an adult in the real world."

hikebikebemerry

Wow.

Does she realize that some parents are legitimately abusive, and she is insulting to people who have actually been abused?

ETA:  The following quote from the Buzzfeed article made me LOL

"Canning added that the investigation was discontinued after the officer determined Rachel was “spoiled.”"

(the officer was with CPS)

HisGirlFriday13

I've been following this case, and I just want to take this girl and shake some sense into her, because OMFG is she a freaking BRAT!

Peaseblossom55

I saw this yesterday I hope this spoiled little brat gets no support no college tuition being paid and has to learn a lesson and become an adult in the real world...

ElcaB

The sad thing is, she'll probably win. This girl is obviously a twat, but I don't know what's worse --- her, or the friend's dad who's funding her twatiness. 

jdluvr06

Ugh!!! This girl just pisses me off so much.

pinkcow13

hikebikebemerry - exactly! There are so many kids that really are abused and suffering in silence. This is such an insult to them. Not to mention so many other kids that have lost their parents and would give anything in the world to  have them back. I mean she is just such an entitled bitch, it's beyond words.

rajahmd

I don't think she'll win the college tuition. According to an article I read about it (can't find it now), the judge postponed and asked her lawyer to consider whether this was a good precedent to set, where parents are afraid to set ground rules for fear of being sued by their own children. 

And yeah, spoiled rotten little brat. Ugg. Apparently when she moved out, she moved in with her best friend's family, who is the one bankrolling her lawsuit.

climbingsingle

This girl is a giant asshole. Her smug face annoys the fuck out of me. 

ShallowSeas

I couldn't believe it was a real thing when I read it.

msuprincess04

In NJ parents are legally responsible for their kids until they are emancipated, which is often the age of majority but not always. I'm not surprised that the judge wouldn't award child support, but would have expected the parents to have to finish paying for her private high school. It's not as if they lost the means to do so, and in high school, she's still just a kid no matter her age. As for the college, it'll likely come down to whether she relied on their paying for it. An example would be if she already accepted to school, paid the down payment, and prepared to start school. Though that doesn't seem to be the case as she's only said she's been accepted to a few schools. There is a college fund set up, so the court may award her the fund as it was set up for her. 

arrippa

msuprincess04 said:

In NJ parents are legally responsible for their kids until they are emancipated, which is often the age of majority but not always. I'm not surprised that the judge wouldn't award child support, but would have expected the parents to have to finish paying for her private high school. It's not as if they lost the means to do so, and in high school, she's still just a kid no matter her age. As for the college, it'll likely come down to whether she relied on their paying for it. An example would be if she already accepted to school, paid the down payment, and prepared to start school. Though that doesn't seem to be the case as she's only said she's been accepted to a few schools. There is a college fund set up, so the court may award her the fund as it was set up for her. 

The ruling about pay for high school-"Judge Bogaard denied the request for the last semester of high school tuition because the school said she could continue anyway, since she is an honor student. And Rachel Canning wrote in her court certification that "The peer ministers at Morris Catholic have decided to raise funds to pay ... tuition so I don't have to leave early."

I was reading this on CNN. I have no words.

 

SBmini

ElcaB said:

The sad thing is, she'll probably win. This girl is obviously a twat, but I don't know what's worse --- her, or the friend's dad who's funding her twatiness. 

Why would she win? There's no legal prescient here! She's an adult! The judge has already ruled that her parents don't have to pay her high school tuition.

This is a fun read: http://www.ibtimes.com/rachel-canning-twitter-backlash-scolding-insults-hurled-nj-cheerleader-who-sued-parents-financial

loro929

moemacWed30594 said:

msuprincess04 said:

In NJ parents are legally responsible for their kids until they are emancipated, which is often the age of majority but not always. I'm not surprised that the judge wouldn't award child support, but would have expected the parents to have to finish paying for her private high school. It's not as if they lost the means to do so, and in high school, she's still just a kid no matter her age. As for the college, it'll likely come down to whether she relied on their paying for it. An example would be if she already accepted to school, paid the down payment, and prepared to start school. Though that doesn't seem to be the case as she's only said she's been accepted to a few schools. There is a college fund set up, so the court may award her the fund as it was set up for her. 

The ruling about pay for high school-"Judge Bogaard denied the request for the last semester of high school tuition because the school said she could continue anyway, since she is an honor student. And Rachel Canning wrote in her court certification that "The peer ministers at Morris Catholic have decided to raise funds to pay ... tuition so I don't have to leave early."

I was reading this on CNN. I have no words.

 

I went to a highschool very similar to Morris Catholic. In my school. Peer ministers were juniors and seniors who guided freshman during their transition to highschool. They also helped out with spiritual events in the school... I guess what I want to say is: Here comes the gofundme spam on Facebook!

AprilH81

SBmini said:

ElcaB said:

The sad thing is, she'll probably win. This girl is obviously a twat, but I don't know what's worse --- her, or the friend's dad who's funding her twatiness. 

Why would she win? There's no legal prescient here! She's an adult! The judge has already ruled that her parents don't have to pay her high school tuition.

This is a fun read: http://www.ibtimes.com/rachel-canning-twitter-backlash-scolding-insults-hurled-nj-cheerleader-who-sued-parents-financial

While the language was unnecessary, the tweet about being "unemployable" is spot on.  Why would anyone hire a person who will sue their parents?  HR wouldn't want that girl anywhere near the company for fear of lawsuits.

grumbledore

As someone who actually grew up in an abusive environment, I am really disheartened at this. Maybe it's true, but it certainly doesn't sound like it.

pinkcow13

I always try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, but I also think it doesn't sound like this girl was abused. The truth may eventually come out, but it really seems like this is an entitled brat. And that is just extremely sad. I personally would not ever want to employ a girl like this. I sometimes wonder what goes through someones mind when they pull something as stupid as this. 

pinkshorts27

grumbledore said:

As someone who actually grew up in an abusive environment, I am really disheartened at this. Maybe it's true, but it certainly doesn't sound like it.

My mom was really abused by her step dad. Not having college payoffs for was the least of her worries. She took care of college herself so she could get away from the abuse.

phira

I am not going to comment on how truthful I think this girl is being about her relationships with her parents because, honestly, discussing whether or not her story is believable or not is really detrimental to people who are abused and are afraid to come forward because of the fear that we'll do the same thing to them.

However, I will say this: Regardless of what I wish were true, college is not something that people are entitled to. If this girl wants to go to college, and she doesn't have the funds to go, she can either 1) not go, 2) apply for financial aid and go or not depending on her aid, or 3) take out loans like my partner did. I remind my own students all the time: your parents do not have to pay for your tuition. They are doing it for a lot of reasons, but they are NOT doing it because they have to.

Since the girl is 18 years old, she's legally an adult, and her parents don't have to provide anything for her at all. Whether or not I think they should, or that parents should in general, the fact is: she doesn't have legal ground to stand on in this particular way.

loro929

... and the saga continues:

http://nypost.com/2014/03/07/teen-suing-parents-baby-boomers-are-the-spoiled-ones/

SBmini

She's definitely a spoiled, entitled brat, but I learned some really interesting stuff about kids and college aid. If her parents don't help her out, she's really screwed. Federal financial aid takes parents income into account even if you are 100% independent. The only ways their income wouldn't be counted would be if she was an emancipated minor, married, in the military, and maybe one or two other things.

This is an issue that needs to be addressed from a financial funding standpoint, Suing her parents isn't the way forward.

pinkcow13

loro929 - Wow this just gets better and better! What a pathetic excuse for a human being.

SBmini - This is true, but she still has other options besides suing her parents. She can get a job and pay for college herself, take out student loans, go to community college, etc. I mean why wouldn't she just become emancipated? She probably just wants her parents money and wants them to fund her lifestyle.

Cookie Pusher

On paper, my parents made plenty of money. In reality, it wasn't nearly enough to go around with 3 full-time kids, 1 part-time kid (step-sibling stayed with her mother most of the time), my grandmother AND my parents. When it came time to go to college, I was accepted to a lot of really prestigious (and expensive) schools, but my parents pre-tax income kept my financial aid eligibility pretty low. I ended up working 3 jobs while taking 18 credits each semester in order to pay my tuition and graduate on time. Even if my parents COULD have given me money for college, I wouldn't have taken it. They worked hard for that money, and they weren't going to reap any of the benefits of me getting a degree. Wasn't it enough that they put up with my bratty teenage self?