We all know the truism “if you drink don’t drive”
A good chance you damage your car, yourself and a crash may
not survive
Arrested and spend time in jail and if you kill or injure
someone a prison cell
If your job requires a license like nurse, doctor or lawyer
loss of right to work
Texas has just added a further consequence to DUI’s that
lurk
In Texas if a DUI kills a parent of a minor child you are now on the
hook for child support
Until the later to occur age 18 or a graduation from high
school report
A noble goal when a parent is killed by a DUI but if the DUI
to prison goes
Most prison jobs for cons pay very little dough
So the required payments accumulate while the DUI is in a
cell
Then start no later than the first anniversary of release
but finding a job how does the state compel
Unless the DUI has assets to attach the law is merely a
symbolic act
With most families today a paycheck away from insolvency
dollars to support surviving will lack
But dollars do not insulate one from stupidity of drinking
when going behind a wheel
If only a few have assets the law bringing in child support
dollars is a good deal!
September 2, 2023 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
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