TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka man imprisoned for his estranged wife’s killing has been ordered to pay more than $43,000 to his former mother-in-law.

The Topeka Capital-Journal  reports that the Kansas Supreme Court upheld the restitution in a ruling Friday in the case of Manuel Alcala. He pleaded guilty in 2013 to premeditated first-degree murder in the 2012 killing of 34-year-old Ashley Alcala. He’s serving a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years.

The restitution will be used to help Karen Bacon pay for funeral expenses and legal fees incurred while adopting her grandchildren. The court said the expenses were the result of Alcala’s criminal conduct.

The court also agreed with a Shawnee County judge that Alcala failed to prove he was unable to make payments.