Can you send a child support payment check or money order directly to the child through California CSSD?

No, but you can make an official request not for it to be transferred to him. Just contact child support enforcement.

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No. The courtroom ordered you to pay Child Support "to" the Mother, no longer the baby. Any repayments that don't move by way of the Bureau may also be regarded "presents" and no longer be credited to you.

Yeah, great idea.

Then what happens when he blows it all on video games, etc?

What happens then when his mother has nothing to buy him food with?

It is called child "support" for a reason. That is why it is given to a parent, not a child.

If he can't even graduate high school, I certainly wouldn't be handing him money to do with as he pleases expecting him to use it for his "support".

It can be done, just make sure you notify CSSD and send copies of each payment made, so that they do not come after you...

How about actually helping him with his studies instead of complaining that you'll have to pay for another year. Do you even care about him at all?