If Your Child's Name is Changed Do You Still Have to Pay Child Support

My daughter for 2 years now refuses to visit me, her mother moved and changed phone numbers, so I have no way of contacting them. Now that she turned 18, she changed her name to her stepfather's name, but I'm still paying child support. Is there anything that can be done about this?

What state are you in?

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Quoting helpinhouston

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My daughter for 2 years now refuses to visit me, her mother moved and changed phone numbers, so I have no way of contacting them.

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How do you know your daughter is refusing to visit if you haven't spoken with her for two years?

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Quoting helpinhouston

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Now that she turned 18, she changed her name to her stepfather's name, but I'm still paying child support.

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If she's 18, she doesn't have to visit you any more. As an adult, she can change her name. Her name change has no relevance to your child support obligation.

You are still paying child support because... you fell behind and owe arrears? Because your daughter is still in high school? Because you agreed to pay child support through college? Something else?

She refused to answer me beginning at 16 years of age when I would make arrangements for the mandatory 3 visits a year, so I sent a registered letter to her mother, which was returned to me unopened. Then her phone number was changed, and they have also moved without notifying me. Child support in Texas ends at 18 or when the child completes high school. She is now 18 but will not graduate until May. In legal terms, how is it possible for child support to be paid to "Susan Jones" when that person no longer legally exists and is now "Susan Smith"?

Because the name change doesn't make the person disappear.

Your obligation still stands.

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And child support isn't being paid TO Susan Jones/Smith.

It's being paid to her custodial parent.