My question involves child support in the State of: TEXAS
My soon to be ex and her mom talked me into signing the birth certificate so my exes daughter would be born with a father on the birth certificate. We also got married right before she was born, so she would not be born out of wedlock. My ex knows who the father is, as she has shown me pictures of him. She has no will to go find him though. Now, since we are getting divorced, the state is going to force me to pay child support, even knowing why I am on the birth certificate. She doesn't want the child support, as she doesn't want me to have anything to do with her daughter. I haven't seen her daughter in over 4 years now (she was 3 when we separated). She has already assured me that she will give the money back to me, but how much I can believe her remains to be seen. My problem with all of this, is there is no reason whatsoever for her to go find the dad. The state sure as heck isn't going to make her go find the dad, as they have someone right now who can pay. What would make her want to go find the real dad? If the state is trying to act in the best interest of the child, why not force the mom to find the dad? Why force me to pay for a child that she doesn't want me to have anything to do with, nor do I? The child needs her real dad. I want my name taken off the birth certificate, and for her to go find the real dad. How can I make this happen? I only signed because I was assured that I would not have to pay child support if we ever separated.

