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Drunk Drivers In Texas Who Kill Parents Of A Child Will Now Be Required To Pay Child Support
Drunk Drivers In Texas Who Kill Parents Of A Child Will Now Be Required To Pay Child Support
Drunk drivers who are convicted of intoxication manslaughter in Texas will soon be on the hook for child support if parents of underage children are killed in a car accident.
Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 393 into law earlier this month, which says that anyone convicted of intoxication manslaughter will have to pay restitution for a child whose parent or guardian was the victim of the offense.
Courts will determine an amount to be paid until the child reaches 18 years of age or graduates from high school, whichever is later, according to the bill.
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Anyone unable to make payments due to incarceration will be required to start paying no later than one year after their release from prison.
The law will go into effect on Sept. 1.
“How they’re gon pay child support if they’re in jail,” someone commented. “L because that then means they’re free,” another person wrote.
“See if you going to do that it better be a special kind of child support that doesn’t stop once they’re an adult. They better be paying that kid for the rest of their life. That’s the least he could do if he not going to rot in prison,” someone else added.
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