S.2150

Requires drunk driver to pay restitution on behalf of child if parent or guardian is killed by that driver.

New Jersey S2150 amends the state's vehicular homicide laws to require a drunk driver convicted of reckless vehicular homicide to pay restitution on behalf of any child whose parent or guardian was killed by that driver. The court must order the defendant to pay financial support for the child until the child reaches 18 years of age or graduates from high school, whichever occurs later, or until the child reaches 21 years of age if the child has a mental or physical disability. The financial support must be for a period of not less than five years.