Yahoo! Shine said in a report that the Canning family saga is far from over. One day after 18 year-old Rachel Canning returned home to her family on Tuesday night, her lawyer has sought legal action on her behalf to pay for a legal guardian.
In her court application, attorney Tanya Helfand wrote, "Just a few days ago, Rachel Canning indicated she could not go back home with her parents and she required a promise of some financial assistance going forward. Now, after speaking with her mother yesterday, she said she is waiving her complaint and is receiving no promises or consideration in return."
Helfand, who have filed the request in the Morris County court, also hinted that Canning's parents might exert influence on her to drop the case as she has returned home and emphasized a possible court intervention to determine that the 18 year-old dropping the case is of her own accord.
Yahoo! Shine said Family Division Judge Peter Bogaard denied the request, which is evident that he is staying true to his goal of squashing any precedent of parents getting sued by their spoiled kids.
On Wednesday, Sean and Elizabeth Canning's attorney Angelo Sarno spoke in a press conference prior to Helfand's filing, commented about Rachel's case and said, "The case is without any legal merit. Certain cases should not see the inside of a courtroom. This is one such case. Government cannot police the day-to-day financial affairs of parents and their children while the family is intact. They welcomed her back into the house. There is a long road ahead. The healing needs to begin."
Although Sarno's comments directed all questions of whether the 18 year-old will continue pursuing legal action against her parents, a New York Post piece said that the public will most likely see more of the Canning's dirty laundry considering that there are other people involved. It is to note that the New Jersey high school student's lawsuit was funded by the father of her friend.
"She's a high-school student whose really bad choices have been encouraged by people much older, who should know better. Her parents' authority has been undermined by the people they might least have expected - other parents," the NY Post piece read.
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