Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia

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I am currently almost full term labor withmy frist child, My ex became physically and mentally absuve towards me, Right now i'm 22 he's 24. We did live together but were never married. He was never one to be a part of this pregnancy, but still insists on getting back at me for gooing to the police about the final abuse may/2009 I got a protective order against him for the physical abuse. Since then we both have moved back home with our parents, I dropped the protective order because i wanted him to be a part of his daughters life, he has yet to call and ask about the baby, he has missed every dr. visit, He will send me a message online once in a while asking about something stupid to the point now i have blocked him,'i've been in and out of labor and deilivery none of which times he ha shown up. I have a court case and child support case fur custody. I have everything baby would need plus more, I already have a baby sitter set up for her. My issue is i lost my job and denied mu unemployment. I have a stable place to live, i currently recieve WIC and food stamps, and as soon as i get ok from my to go back to work. I have stable transoportation, My question is, how can i fight for my child in court. With his abusive history it scares me him being alone with her, and the things his parents have said and done to me also make me uncomfortable. How do i go about this. I just want in insure my daughter is going to be safe, treated fairly when she's away from me, and get same respect and stablilty and consistancy that she would get at home with me.

My ex wants joint custody

I want full and sole custody, physical custody and ask him to get anger classes, asap classesm random drug screens, psychologicl evaualtion. Im scaredof what he did to me, he would do it to her.

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