Legal Question in Family Law in Texas
If in child support/custody orders it says "It is ordered that the provisions for child support in this order shall not terminate on the death of (fathers name) but shall be an obligation of the estate of (fathers name.) Payments recieved for the benefit of the child, including payments from the Social Security Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, or other governmental agency, life insurance proceeds, annuity payments, trust distributions or retirement survivor benefits shall be a credit against this obligation. any remaining balance of the child support obligation is an obligation of (father's name) estate.
does this mean that even though i'm his wife and we have a child, that if he dies tomorrow any and all survivor benefits I would get go to this ex girlfriend just because her kid came along first? Does this mean that i'll be stuck with nohing and have to figure out how to get by and pay all the death expenses on my own?
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