<p>Jonri, most likely the checks are no longer coming, as 18 is the cutoff nowadays for SS (Thank God not when I was in school, when you could get them till 21 if you were in college.)</p>
<p>I agree that Max should see a lawyer; he may have legal rights to some of this money. I doubt he will get more from Penn who have already stated he got a more than generous package. And legal emancipation is something that happens before 18, for a ward of the state, for instance; I don't believe it's granted on account of a parent who refuses to pay.</p>
<p>I think the big question is if any of his mother's inheritance or insurance is legally required to go to him.</p>