First of all, you should have have more than visitation, you should have joint custody. Although there is this “tender years” doctrine bs all over the place in the family courts, there is virtually no evidence that overnights, even with infants, are bad for the kids. Fathers are every bit as important as mothers. You should have your kid at least weekends, if not half the time. Mayb e you don’t want that, which calls into question a lot of stuff and I don’t want to insult you.
Second, you will be paying child support. If your baby mama is a useless, stupid, ignorant, lazy person who can’t get a job, you will be paying it until the kid is 18. If she has full custody, you pay 100%. This is often why scumbag fathers want custody, so they don’t have to pay support. NOt because they want the kid.
You are in a great situation to have a restraining order placed against you for absolutely nothing. Plus you are into MA, so that double fucks you. Do not be alone with her, meet in public, etc. get witnesses. Be smart.
You will never see another thing in your life more fucked up than the family court. Ever. You will go in there, they have people lined up from here to Hawaii waiting for their 15 minutes and the Judge, who is angry that they got the shittiest assignment in the courts, will be desperately trying to clear their docket of people. There will be no “evidence”, no cross examination. Just your word against their word.
If you are beginning to get a sinking sensation in the center of your stomach, that is your brain beginning to work and tell you how fucked you might be.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to portray yourself as the best thing for the kid. Repeat the phrase “best interests of my child” and act accordingly.
That will be $300.