A new law taking effect on Sept. 1 requires Texas drivers convicted of killing a parent in a DWI crash to provide financial support for the victims’ children until they turn 18 or graduate from high school.
A new law taking effect on Sept. 1 requires drivers convicted of killing a parent in a DWI crash to provide financial support for the victims’ children until they turn 18 or graduate from high school.
Those who can’t pay because they are in prison will be required to make payments within a year of being released, even if a child is older than 18 by that time.named after a 5-year-old boy who lost both parents in a crash. Since then, at least 20 states have either considered or approved a similar law."It’s a reminder to them to not do it again. Because I can tell you, this is one of the hardest things that anyone can ever go through.
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