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Oh and there is no custody arrangement, everything is defualt to the child being born to serperated parents.

Mother had been charged with a DUI, and driving under suspension before even serving dui sentence. She served 30 days house arrest and 3 days in jail , aaaaaand a year of probation for the DUI, then a few weeks later began house arrest for 30 days again for the suspension. She failed to complete the 30 days because she failed a breathalizer halfway through and was taken to jail. I was never notified of this and couldn't find out where my daughter or her mother was for 5 days (her cell phone was conveniently diconnected) and now I spent 6 hours running around town being told children services could help me, but they said the only thing they could do is take my child. The CSEA won't give me my support order for my daughter back (I thought it was for my daughter's welfare?!) and Legal aid won't help anyone with custody issues...
    But anyway, the mother is in jail for 30-150 days still undetermined, and waiting to be sentenced for her violation as well, which obviously means more time. This won't happen for another couple weeks, but I am not wasting time.
    Oh, and mother had child while she was intoxicated and taken to jail. Now child is in my posession untill something happens.   
    Children services basically said Emergency Custody doesn't exist for me. I didn't understand, so I decided to pay to start the motion for full custody. Any ideas on what to expect?

As everyone predicted the mother messed up yet again, and is in jail and I want to apply for emergency temporary custody but I don't know how or where to do it. Any information on the process would be awesome.

    My ex and I split up before our daughter was born, now she is nearly a year old, and her mother has been very unfair to me. She refuses to work, making my child support payment so high I can't afford to pay for my bills, even if I don't eat. Aside from that she has an extensive juvenille record of shopplifting, and very recently has been charged with a DUI and a week after that driving again under suspension. She has served 1 month of house arrest and 3 days of jail for the DUI, and now is beggining another month of house arrest today for driving under suspension. She also has a full year of probation. I also have family members on both sides who will agree that she is not a responsible mother due to negligence and lack of dependability.
    I, on the other hand have a perfectly clean record, and have been working my same job for 2 years, and have proven always to be very responsible. The mother has openly addmitted to just wanting child support money. She has been on food stamps, welfare, now my child support, and now metro housing for over a year, just milking free rides wherever she can. The situation has gone on so long it disgusts me and I need to change it before I go crazy. I know every person I have spoken with has told me "of course you deserve custody" but I don't know how much of this really matters in court. How can I actually prove some of these things? Any advice on what to do? I have zero knowledge of the court system, except for when I payed a speeding ticket once. Ha. Thanks any advice is appreciated!!