Show-Me DUI Parent Death Child Support

More deets on this Missouri law that should offer yet another reason to call a ride share . . . 

(Guv) Kehoe signed Missouri House Bill 1740 into law on Thursday, establishing “Bentley’s Law” in the state and requiring courts to order child maintenance payments when a person is found guilty of a DWI crash that kills a child’s parent.

The offender would be ordered to pay child support to the surviving spouse or guardian responsible for raising the victim’s child or children. 

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Missouri drunk drivers who kill parents must now pay child support

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed a bill into law Thursday that now requires drivers convicted of killing a parent while intoxicated to pay child support for the victim's surviving child or children in most cases.

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