You need to go to the local child support enforcement office and file for child support, they can enforce child support against him and if he refuses they will issue a support order against him. They can pursue back support from him and will seek to garnish his wages. If he is out of state you start with your local child support enforcement office and then they can refer you to the child support authorities where he is located and they will pursue your rights to support if he refuses to pay or refuses Paternity Testing. You should also use legal aid and file a petition for sole custody to have a court order denying him custody or visitation to stop him from coming to try to get custody.

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Thank you for your follow-up, and your patience. I was reviewing the conversation on top to ensure that I did not miss anything based on your initial response.

First of all I wholeheartedly concur with the previous professional. Manipulations and games do not keep someone from being liable. Nothing stops you from filing for support if he formally acknowledged the child, but would take a court order to enforce the support payments.

As for your subsequent posts:
Do you think I can stop him from getting visitation? (given his track record, etc.)
Hard to say, but what I can state is that the courts tend to focus on 'fitness' of both parents, and if you can show neglect, violence, and lack of visitation, solely due to the child's age I really see very little chance that the courts would grant anything more than supervised visitation. I doubt they would completely cut him out unless he is dangerous and physically violent to the child.

He and the gf are definitly scaring me, saying they will get ALL ...visitation, vacations, holidays,etc. and that court will decide so many OTHER things (whatever that means). I dont want to lose ,y little girl on all those special days, to spend it with a sociopath.
I can understand that, and at least until she is 3 or so, I doubt the courts would grant him anything more than a few weekends of supervised visitation, unless of course he can show that you are unfit yourself and attack your fitness successfully. That is unlikely if he has not been in the child's life or paid support.

Good luck.
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