Child custody question
child custody attorney Arizona Nov 2, 2026
Location: Arizona. This is going to be kind of a long one, im sorry. And keep in mind im young, ive made mistakes and am not a great person, i have been a dick too, but i am trying to protect my baby. Anyway. I had our son 6 months ago. I have a gut feeling hes going to either try to get custody or him or his mom will try to make him do so soon so I want to get ahead of it. I have been babys main parent since he was born. His father wasn't there when he was born. I told him he was allowed, to which his text response was "i hope he d!es" I did end up letting him come meet him the next day. From there it was just him showing he wasn't fit to take care of a newborn. Getting mad when I wouldnt let him have him alone. There was a few time I told him he could not see him due to his language feeling and being threatening and just his lack of ability to take care of him. He has seen him maybe 4 or 5 times total since hes been born. One time I asked him to help me at night with him to which he responded "prolly not". Hes never been to a doctor's appointment, never gave anything financially, never even tried to hold to job to support his son. I worked through my whole pregnancy and still am working while in school. I pay for all his food, do all his Dr appointments, i do every single night. In August he posted revenge p0rn of me. I have solid evidence of him saying hes gonna do it, then him doing it, he even admitted to the police he did it because he was mad. Its still a pending case. After that he moved to California, putting a few hours between him and his son. I have stopped try to get him to be involved. He harnesses me, called me a wh0re and calls me over hundreds of times a day, when I was talking to him he would be even worse if I wasn't responding to him when he felt I should have. He tells me of k!ll myself over and over. Its great. Hes not on my sons birth certificate or anything so hed need to get paternity first. What should my steps be to protect my custody? Keep in mind i also have been nowhere perfect, I have also argued and said things too. Never as agressive and threatening and him leaving me voicemails telling me to k!ll myself over and over though. What steps do I take? Do you think he has a chance of custody of he tries anytime soon? Thank you.
