Legal Question in Family Law in Georgia

If he legitimizes the child and a court orders visitation, yes. Otherwise, no.

If you need child support, you should file a petition to obtain child support. This has no influence on his ability to see the child. He must legitimate the child before he has rights to visitation. If he files a petition to legitimate the child, you may want to respond with a claim for child support.

I do not understand this mentality whereby one parent does not want the other to see the child. The more people who are involved in the child's life and who love the child the better. The child should not be used as a paycheck either.

Child support and child visitation are entirely separate matters. Technically, the father has no rights to custody or visitation until he legitimates the child. That said, nothing stops you from VOLUNTARILY allowing him to visit with and be a part of the child's life. The father also has a duty to support the child. He should do this voluntarily out of his natural love for the child. However, if he does not feel motivated, then by all means, seek to establish a child support order. Go to the child support office in your county - you do not need a lawyer. Child support is based on the combined incomes of both parents.