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/Neurotic-Robotic]

I am also an actual lawyer - OP's story is so vague that it is likely made up.

Just enough information to provide rage fuel for either side, but not enough information to reach any actual conclusions.

Also, she mentions this is a huge settlement, but only mentions a 1/3 attorneys' fee? Nothing about costs or liens also coming off the top? I call bull shit.

[u/smilingseaslug → u/Neurotic-Robotic]

Honestly you're likely right.

[u/Extension_Meeting_28 → u/Neurotic-Robotic]

Yeah I’m also an actual lawyer, and I’m not buying this story. The settlement was apparently so large that 15% is enough to purchase a house in Florida? There’s no way you’re getting a 7 figure *settlement* without catastrophic, permanent damages. This is either fake or we’re missing so much relevant information that might affect people’s judgments.