What Happens To The Child Support If You Die With No Life Insurance?
Posted August 2, 2009 – 4:29 am in: structured settlements FAQmy sisters dad past away recently and he died with no life insurance. whats going to happen to my sisters if they were receiving child support?
any help on this with be greatly appreciated.
thank you.
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if they are minors, their mom should file for social security benefits. i believe that takes care of support for minors.
She can get his social security, and if he had no will, file against the estate. Depending on state laws, she can also file a claim on the grandparents estate. Such is the case in Missouri. I know of two grandparents who must prove to child support enforcement that they have not died yet, every two years, as CSE has a claim on their estate for his younger children from his second wife. His first wife died of cancer, but their children cannot claim any part of either estates.
By the way, it was CSE that got him killed.
He was a police chief in a small community. He lost a leg when his car slipped off the jack while changing a tire. This did not affect his job, but with the economic downturn, the community decided to go back to using county sheriff services. This put him out of work, as he could not get another job as a police officer. Despite this, the court refused to lower his support to what he could pay, based on his earnings as a bar tender. As such they jailed him.
In jail they took away his artificial leg. There was a fire, but because he didn’t have the artificial leg, he couldn’t escape and died.
Child support will end upon his death. But they should be entitled to any property he may have.