[ohio] father of my child verbally abusive during exchanges
Hello. I have a 3 month old daughter and her dad and I just split up due to a hostile, abusive environment and I didn’t want my daughter around it. I consulted an attorney and in Ohio, I have sole custody of her since we were never married. I’ve tried arranging times that he could have with her, but during these exchanges he becomes abusive verbally, makes threats, and all around tries intimidating me. The lawyer suggested riding out the custody I have until he decides to file. I do not want her around him. But he’s shown me that he cannot be civil around her and he doesn’t focus on her while he has her, he focuses on me. I don’t want him to see her again until he files for custody but I know that can bite me in the ass someday. Does anyone have any suggestions or experience with this? I have lots of evidence that he’s unstable and I document everything. I don’t want to put my baby in his line of fire.