State lawmakers are debating whether drunk drivers who kill someone's parent should have to pay child support to their family. The proposal is called 'Bentley's Law.'
Lawmakers debating if drunk drivers who kill someone's parent should have to pay child support
"Just waking up every day knowing nobody’s there to say ‘good morning, goodnight’," said Skylar Arner from Leander. Bentley’s Law aims to support these broken families by requiring people convicted in deadly DWI crashes to pay restitution. Those payments would begin a year after the defendant is released from prison, and continue until all the victim’s surviving children turn 18.
"While true justice comes only from the lord, the state can provide partial justice," said Republican State Rep. Cody Vasut of Angleton.
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