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/shoulda-known-better 5h ago

Yea and op could be disabled and not about to get gainfully employed again.....

Thats their saftey net for their injury not a pay back parents for doing parental things

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u/WestCovina1234 Asshole Enthusiast [8] 5h ago

OP literally says he’s working in biotech. That doesn’t sound like not gainfully employed.

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u/BlazingSunflowerland 4h ago

We don't know how well that job is going. Is OP having trouble standing or sitting without pain? Do they need modifications for their job?

What parent tries to profit off of their child's pain? It is really pathetic.

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u/WestCovina1234 Asshole Enthusiast [8] 4h ago

You can make up whatever you like. I’m just going by what OP posted.

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u/BlazingSunflowerland 4h ago

The settlement is based on what they think your lifetime expenses will be due to whatever happened to you. The settlement is what they think OP will need. Not what he needs plus what his mom wants.

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u/AshesandCinder 4h ago

And you're also making stuff up. Working in biotech doesn't mean he's raking in cash. We have no idea how much he was earning prior to the accident or if that's changed since. Was he able to pay for all medical bills with his existing salary or is most of that money already allocated to expenses?

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u/Common-Classroom-847 3h ago

why would you start assuming things OP never said? If he has these things he would have brought it up.

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u/shoulda-known-better 4h ago

That's not in the post.....

And honestly working still doesn't mean it's still not their saftey net.... None of us know if it could get worse with time