Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

Yes. Contact an attorney. If the father has a serious documented history of ongoing substance abuse you probably can get "custody" established whereby he would have only supervised visitation/time-sharing, or no time-sharing at all.

yes you can just file a case for child support only.

Hello. I'll add another resp. You would file a Complaint for Paternity-You ask for support and no parenting time for father or it must be supervised at a family law Center...no overnight. Also, you can ask for sole Parental Responsibility. That means he has no decision making over the child's welfare. You have him served with summons and proceed with case. You could seek temporary support while case is proceeding. If my office can help, give us a call. Tom Rosenblum