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Art. 6228. MOTHERS' AID. Any widow who is the mother of a
child or children under sixteen years of age, and who is unable to
support them and maintain her home, may present to the
Commissioners' Court of the county wherein she has resided for the
preceding two years a sworn petition for aid showing:
First:--Her name, time and place of her marriage, date of the
death of her husband, or date of his confinement in the penitentiary
or in an insane asylum, or date of his abandonment of her; names,
sex, and the dates and places of their birth.
Second:--Her length or residence in the State, her present
residence, and her residence during each of the previous five
years.
Third:--All the property belonging to her and to each of her
children, including any future or contingent interest she or any of
them may have.
Fourth:--The efforts made by her to support her children.
Fifth:--The name, relationship, and address of each of her
husband's relatives that may be known.
By "widow", as used herein, means a mother who is widowed by
death or divorce, or whose husband has abandoned her for more than
the two preceding years, or whose husband is confined in the
penitentiary or in a State Hospital for the insane.
A copy of said petition and a notice of the time and place it
will be presented to said Court shall be served on or mailed to the
County Judge of said county at least five days before the time the
court shall be requested in said petition to hear the same. When
service is complete said Court shall examine under oath those who
desire to be heard, and may subpoena witnesses; or the Court may
refer said matter to a Commissioner to be appointed by it to hear
said witnesses. Such Commissioner shall make a report to the Court
stating the facts as proven before him. If the Court concludes that
unless relief is granted the widow will be unable to properly
support and educate her children, and that they may become a public
charge, it may make an order directing a monthly payment to her, out
of the County Funds, for the support of such children, not more than
Fifteen ($15.00) Dollars for one child, and Six ($6.00) Dollars
additional for each other child. Such allowance shall be
discontinued as to any such child who reaches the age of sixteen.
The Court shall have the right to refuse any such petition, and its
action in so doing shall be final. The Court shall see that any
widow receiving such aid is properly caring for her children. When
it is found that she is not properly caring for her children, or
that she is an improper guardian for them, or when the Court finds
that she no longer needs such aid, it shall thereupon revoke at any
time with or without notice any order made pursuant to this Article.
Acts 1917, 35th Leg., p. 313, ch. 120. Amended by Acts 1931, 42nd
Leg., p. 425, ch. 256, Sec. 1.
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Last modified: August 10, 2007
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