Legal Question in Family Law in Georgia

My son is turning 4 this month. His bio father is in the Army and only gets leave once a year usually. But before he left for basic, he really didn't have much to do with our son. He was too wrapped in his girlfriend at the time and wanted to drink(he was only 18/19 years old) with her and her friends. He has paid child support off and on since our son was born. At first it was wishy-washy whether I would get it, then he went 1.5 years without it. He started back Oct. 2009, paying regularly. We don't have a court order, just a verbal agreement that he decided to pay. Now he wants visitation with him and his base is in Washington, which is all the way across the nation from me(we live in GA). His parents live 30 mins away from us and my son visits with them every other weekend. Im worried that I will have to let my 4 yr old go that far from me to visit him. He doesn't even have a place outside of the base to live. And cannot even pay the little bills he has now. So I dont know how he would pay for plane tickets. I know he just wants to see him, but I think he is too young still to go that far from home, what he is familiar with to see even his dad that he barely knows. He knows my husband as his daddy. He has been the one who takes care of him since he was 9 months old and has raised him like his own. And NO we did not put it in his head, he started calling him daddy on his own. But why correct him when that is what a daddy is, a person who takes care and loves a child. Who raises them, buys them what they need and want. So my question is, should I be worried?

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