Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

In Texas if the non custodial parent dies oweing back support does his or her kids from a current marriage have to finish paying.


Asked on 8/19/12, 7:29 am

2 Answers from Attorneys
TC Langford Langford Law Office

Review your divorce decree, it should provide if the support obligation survives the death of the obligor. If the obligation survives, it is a debt of the estate, not of their other kids.

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Answered on 8/19/12, 1:38 pm
T.D. Stevens T.D. Stevens & Associates PLLC

Please review your order. It should state what happens upon the non- custodial parents death. It is their obligation and it does not pass to someone else.

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Answered on 8/19/12, 4:45 pm


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