If by "government money" you mean public assistance, the answer is yes, but you will have to cooperate with the State in getting a support order for the child's father.
The father has to have the court's consent to cease paying child support.
Paying child support will not cause the father to lose his parental rights - neither will not paying child support.
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The same if he's not paying at all.
Divorce is something that happens between spouses, not between parents and children. A child's refusal to see the father does not affect the father's child support obligation.
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If you are the child's father then you really have little legal support to not support your child. Your child is legally entitled to your financial support.
A father cannot petition for emancipation, the child has to. And it doesn't relieve him of paying back support payments.
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