Yes, parents are 100% responsible for their CHILDREN. We are here to love and nurture our children, and to prepare them for the real world ahead of them. But this girl is 21 years old. She didn't want to listen to rules and moved out. And then sues her own parents? I wonder how much money these parents spend to get this girl to legal age. It starts with food and diapers and hospital bills, and it literally costs parents each and every day.

This girl is now an adult, and IMO her parents should no longer be legally and financially responsible for her. I think this ruling is bullshit.

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A New Jersey woman has successfully sued her estranged parents to pay for her college tuition.

A judge in Camden County, New Jersey, ruled that Caitlyn Ricci's biological parents will have to cough up $16,000 each year so Ricci, 21, can continue classes across the Delaware River at Temple University in Pennsylvania, ABC News station WPVI in Philadelphia reported.

The parents' attorney is appealing the judge's decision, her mother, Maura McGarvey, told ABC News. She said she's shocked her own daughter would sue her.

"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."

McGarvey said she learned Caitlyn was suing her and her ex-husband when the court papers arrived on the Friday before Mother's Day 2013.

The parents had already filed a motion to emancipate their daughter.

Ricci's parents' marriage only lasted two-and-a-half years. Caitlyn lived with her mother but also saw her father, the couple said.

"She comes from two loving families and she was given what she wanted when she was growing up," her father, Michael Ricci, told WPVI.

McGarvey described her daughter as a rebellious teenager who left home and moved in with her grandparents in February because she didn't want to follow her mother's rules, putting stress on the family's relationship. She said the only time she has seen her daughter since she started at Temple University was in a courtroom.

"She packed her stuff and moved in with my ex-in-laws," McGarvey said.

Caitlyn’s attorney, Andrew Rochester, told ABC News she was unavailable for comment. He told WPVI her parents were to blame for the separation.

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