Drunk drivers in Texas who kill parents of a child will now be required to pay child support

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Drunk drivers in Texas who kill parents of a child will now be required to pay child support

The law will go into effect on Sept. 1.

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Drunk drivers in Texas who kill parents of a child will now be required to pay child support​

The law will go into effect on Sept. 1.​

By Michael Karlison Sun, Jun 18, 2023 at 8:22 am



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Both Texas and San Antonio have high rates of drunk driving according to separate studies.
Convicted drunk drivers who kill both parents of a child under 18 years old will now be required to pay child support under a bill signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott earlier this month.

Under House Bill 393, the person convicted of Intoxication manslaughter of both a child's parents will have to make monthly payments to the child's legal guardians. The law doesn't apply in situations where an adult's parents are killed in a collision.

The amount of money owed will be determined by an array of factors, including the standard of living the child is accustomed to, their physical and emotional condition and the child's educational needs, among other expenses related to being a parent.



The law goes into effect on Sept. 1. People convicted under the statute will be required to start making payments no more than a year after they are released from prison.

Texas has consistently ranked among the worst states for drunk drivers, most recently coming in at No. 3,according to Forbes Advisor. San Antonio has also been ranked among the U.S. cities with the highest rate of DWIs,coming in at No. 4 in 2021.

 

[bnew]

more states need to enact this type of law.

 

[Hersh]

good

 

[Family Lives Matter]

A law that actually makes sense

 

[the elastic]

Texas speed limits

 

[Payday23]

more states need to enact this type of law.

True . They also need to give these POS life and liquidate all assets as restitution

 

[zayk35]

 

[Absolut]

Texas coming thru with a reasonable law

 

[Godless Socialist CEO]

If you really want to stop drunk driving accidents, just greatly expand public transportation and make it cheap, and good.

This is just going to lead to some a$$hole killing a child. It's not going to deter anyone from drunk driving. The key to stopping drunk driving is making other options affordable and desirable

 

[Wildin]

Yeah!!!! That'll show'em!!!!!! fukking texas

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

With 1,162 drunk driving deaths in Texas last year alone, there's gonna be a ton of fukkery in the back log.

 

[KBtheKey]

Nice. Once the sun goes down it gets kinda dangerous. First and only crash i witnessed i was on the way home around 2sumn and i noticed this pickup could barely stay in their lane so i hung back Kuz last time i tried to pass a mf driving like that i got sideswiped. After bout 30 seconds i watch this mf recenter themselves and then speed up directly into the back of a box truck.

Just about every time I'm out late driving, I'll see at least one person that can't drive straight and/or making questionable maneuvers. Never any police around. Let me do 80 down i10 like usual tho and i get blooped real fukkin quick

 

[Yapdatfool]

If you really want to stop drunk driving accidents, just greatly expand public transportation and make it cheap, and good.

All my opinion:

Step 1 would need to be destroying the national freeway/highway system as constructed
Step 2 would be funneling that money to high speed rail, busing and other non car/truck forms of transportation nation wide

But if you not down with step 1 you not bout expanding public transpo

 

[Batsute]

If you really want to stop drunk driving accidents, just greatly expand public transportation and make it cheap, and good.

This is just going to lead to some a$$hole killing a child. It's not going to deter anyone from drunk driving. The key to stopping drunk driving is making other options affordable and desirable

30 years too late and another 20 years to be feasible. Texas public transit will be forever trash.

 

[TallMan_J]

All my opinion:

Step 1 would need to be destroying the national freeway/highway system as constructed
Step 2 would be funneling that money to high speed rail, busing and other non car/truck forms of transportation nation wide

But if you not down with step 1 you not bout expanding public transpo

@Godless Liberal CEO

Some of us actually enjoy driving and/or owning personal vehicles.


In fact, the majority of America does. People loathe traffic, ridiculously long commutes, and unskilled/idiot drivers though (Myself included. I hate all three).