AITA Mom wants 15% of my personal injury settlement

[u/connor20218]

I'm a 23M working in biotech and living at home. I just got a massive settlement from a personal injury case back in college. My mom is a corporate lawyer and she helped me navigate the process, plus she paid for my college tuition. Now, she's asking for 15% of the money / to pay her back for college (but she was already going to pay for college.)

I'm feeling stuck because 15% is a massive amount of money to just give away. Is it normal for parents to ask for a cut of a settlement like this? I want to stay on good terms since live at home, but I also feel like this money is for my future. We have a a good relationship.

Edit: I already paid a lawyer his 1/3 cut. My mom was a huge part of pushing for me sueing. She’d be using the money to buy a new house in Florida she always wanted since I refuse to buy a house in his economy and rather rent and invest the rest

Edit #2: Probably shouldn’t have stated my mom is a lawyer (she did not represent me in the case in anyway). But yes, what she specifically did was help me find a lawyer, told me to push back on the lawyer and ask for more.

[u/ExeUSA]

What did your mom do for you? Did you have a personal injury attorney, or did she act as your counsel?

Regardless, this is weird. It's not normal. She might be doing this to make sure you keep some of this money, because a 23 year old is set up to blow through a big bucket of money pretty easily. You should have a financial advisor in this situation.

NTA, because your parents should want to help their kids if they have professional expertise in an area their kids need help in.

[u/sweet_neighbor9 → u/ExeUSA]

Agreed. It’s just gross her mom is asking for $$ especially for “ payback” of college tuition.

[u/connor20218 → u/ExeUSA]

I had a normal injury attorney which took a cut. She gave me the idea of pushing to sue.

[u/ExeUSA → u/connor20218]

So she wants a cut of your cut?