Potential custody battle with a felon?

My partners behavior has been veering into domestic violence territory. When I was 12 weeks pregnant we had an argument and I calmly told him “hey if our relationship doesn’t work for the both of us, maybe we can discuss co-parenting” his reaction was to tell me that his family has money and that he’ll get full custody when he is born. The position he put me in was either I stay with him, get an abortion or give up my baby. He said sorry, and I attempted our relationship once again. Now we’re living together and things have been awful. I had a very traumatic postpartum experience with him. I knew he was a felon, and had a felony in his past. But something recently told me to do a background check and get the real picture. He has a bad, bad record of violence, but all of it is from a long time ago. Does anyone have experience with custody battles with a felon? Would he be able to get any form of custody? This man is unfit to parent. I cannot leave my baby with him and feel safe about it. He has comprised my safety and our baby.

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Ya my ex started with emotional abuse told me the same thing yours did then he actively tried to make me miscarry then when that didn't work he would say if I ever left him I would never see my son again and his mom would back Him up with that...I'm really sorry you are going through this please be careful with getting all the proof together. It should hold up since he has a record and if you got proof of the emotional abuse and of him putting the child in harms way just keep building a case even if you don't need to use it now you always want it for if the time ever comes. But again be safe and my inbox is open if you need to talk I understand your situation

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Hoping for the best outcome for you and your LO!

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@Michelle the stuff he’s done to me has been mostly emotional abuse, and he’s also comprised my health/life when I needed to rush to the ER, but he berated me about it and decided that getting a can of chew before we left was more important than my health. He’s also left our baby in risky situations/negligence. His record is terrible though. I just hope that it will hold should it come to a court situation.

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Each state is different but I can tell you in Ohio and Texas if you aren't married mothers have more right at least in my case it did and my story is a little like yours but it actually has abuse in it. Get a hold of a lawyer document EVERYTHING but get out of that house move back with family if you need to but he has a past and if his anything like my ex it won't be long tell he takes it out on you and worse the baby. My ex has no custody or visitation and I have a restraining order on him and so does my son. Be safe while doing all this if he finds out he won't take it good.

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@Michelle this is what I was thinking. I’m going to a domestic violence support center tomorrow to get help and information.