Legal Question in Family Law in Missouri

Need to answers to questions about custody and obtaining back child support

I am a junior at University of Missouri in Rolla, so I don't have very much cash, but I need a good lawyer to help me get legal custody of my daughter and set visitation rights for her father. We were never married, and he just came into her life less than 3 weeks ago and he is already making demands about how she is to be raised and how his child support should be spent. I spoke with the prosecuting attorney who is working the case for the paternity and child support order to get it established and she said I only have physical custody of my daughter until I get it ordered by a judge that I have legal custody and she advised me not to let him take the baby anywhere because then he would have physical custody and I wouldn't be able to get her back without a fight unless he was willing. I really need advise on finding a good lawyer - I will have my excess student loans the middle of this month and be able to get the money together to do the case - hopefully - and I really want to get this taken care of as quickly as possible. To my daughter, he is nothing more than a stranger and he is behaving like she should instinctly know who he is, regardless of his absence from her life. If someone could contact me, I'd appreciate it.

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