Bratty New Jersey teen Rachel Canning threw in the towel and dropped her lawsuit against her parents on Tuesday, according to court papers.
Canning, 18, appeared in a Morris County courtroom, where she asked Judge Peter Bogaard to dismiss the contentious suit, which drew widespread media attention focusing on parental discipline of their disobedient kids.
The family division judge, finding the “[p]laintiffs decision to dismiss the litigation was a knowing and voluntary decision,” agreed, according to the one-paragraph order dismissing the suit.
Her parents, Sean and Elizabeth Canning, were also in court for the ruling, along with their lawyer, Angelo Sarno.
“The case is over. it’s time to move on. The Cannings want nothing more than to resume their lives as a family,” Sarno said in a statement, adding that the family members had no comments themselves.
Canning returned home last week after moving out several months ago , claiming her parents were abusive and were not paying her Catholic-high school tuition.
She was living with family friends who were funding the case.
The uppity teen moved out in October, two days before her 18th birthday, after her parents said they would not pay her bills unless she broke up with a boyfriend they didn’t like and followed their rules.
Rachel then sued, seeing child support, tuition for Morris Catholic High School and college.
The case generated massive media coverage and sparked questions about parental discipline and children’s lack of it.
Bogaard on March 4 refused to grant the girl an emergency order that would have forced her parents to pay her bills – which included child support of $654 per week.
“Do we want to establish a precedent where parents live in basic fear of establishing rules of the house?” Bogaard asked at the time. “A kid could move out and then sue for an XBox, an iPhone or a 60-inch television.”
Rachel moved in with the family of her best pal, Jaime Inglesino, and her dad, attorney and local pol John Inglesino, who did not return requests for comment Tuesday.
Lawyers for her parents also did not immediately return calls for comment.
Rachel, an honor student at Morris Catholic in Denville, whined in court papers that her mom called her “fat” and “porky,” and that as a result she had developed an eating disorder.
She also filed an abuse complaint against her parents, although that was dismissed by state officials.
Her parents said she was drinking heavily with the boyfriend and cutting class.