Lawsuit settled out of court; my daughter is 17.5 years old. Can we as her parents (and legal guardians) get the money for her?
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You can and she can also wait until she is 18 to begin collecting and she will have quite a long time to attempt to collect. You won't be able to collect per se but can help her obtain the monies into a trust account on her behaf.
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