My question involves child support in the State of: Florida. Some time ago my girlfriend became pregnant and left me soon after without knowing if the child was mine. Some two full years later I recieve a letter stating that myself and a codependant were to be tested for paternity. I was proven the biological father. Without ever being able to make contact with the mother I was summoned to court to determine my child support order. She had since moved to Ohio and did not attend the heading. My arrearages were waived and I was ordered to pay child support. When I finally made contact with her she told me that since we were never married I wouldn't be allowed to visit unless I traveled to Ohio. That's the background, now the question:
The biological mother and myself have since regained contact and decided that we were both willing to consent to a termination of my parental rights, and her boyfriend was willing to adopt but not to marry her. The only legal advice that I've been able to find or afford told me simply that the state of Florida would not perform TPR without the child being first adopted by the biological mother's HUSBAND. Should I even be required to pay for this child support? And if so, what are my options involving TPR?

