Drew Nelson
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A proposed law in Missouri would require convicted drunk drivers to pay child support to children whose parents were killed in impaired driving crashes.
Lawmakers in Jefferson City are considering two similar bills.
House Bill 1910 and Senate Bill 1135 would require drivers convicted of killing a parent while driving under the influence to pay child support to surviving children.
If the offender is sentenced to prison, payments would begin no later than one year after release.
A judge would determine the amount using the same guidelines used in divorce and custody cases.
Judges would consider the caregiver's financial resources.
They would also look at the child's health and education needs and the child's standard of living.
Payments would continue until the child turns 18, and some cases could continue until 21 if the child attends college or has a qualifying disability.
The proposal grew out of a deadly crash in Jefferson County, Missouri.
On April 13, 2021, a crash killed Cordell Shawn Michael Williams, 30.
His wife, Lacey Newton, 25, also died.
Their four-month-old son, Cordell Shawn Michael Williams II, was killed as well.
Investigators say a drunk driver caused the crash.
That driver, David Thurby, was 26.
He was charged with three counts of driving while intoxicated, resulting in the death of a person.
A jury convicted him of three counts of second-degree involuntary manslaughter on January 11, 2023.
Two boys survived the crash but lost their parents and baby brother.
Their grandmother, Cecilia Williams, now raises Mason and Bentley.
She has traveled to the Missouri state capitol many times since the crash while urging state lawmakers to pass the bill.
State Senator Mike Henderson has carried the proposal since the crash.
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