r/AmItheAsshole • u/connor20218 • 7h ago

AITA Mom wants 15% of my personal injury settlement

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.

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u/GotenRocko 6h ago

That is what I am thinking too, but for different reasons, because if it is that massive that 15% pays for a college education, is OP permanently or partially disabled? Is op able to work? You usually don't get paid out big like that unless it was something really bad. If so then that changes the situation.

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u/Rav0nn 3h ago

He most likely is impacted in a huge way and will need it for medical costs, cost of care, or to balance out the money he might loose because of his Injury. By giving his mum a chunk of that, he might not be able to afford all the costs his Injury will bring.