I need help

[C~Q]

Good luck with what you have decided, i'm sure whatever you decide is going to be right for you and your bub. :hugs:

[cindyb]

Good luck and well done on making a decision... You should be proud of yourself, you are doing what is best for you and your son.

[Jas]

SarahKay,

Congratulatuons on your decision I can imagine it would have been very hard to do and I'm sure it will continue to be difficult g=for a while but in the end I'm sure it will be better. And I suppose if you are still open to this relationship under better conditions then it will give you partner a wake up call and a chance to sort himself out and show you he can be committed. If you ever need to chat feel free to pm me

[Smoke Jaguar]

Sarah, to you. You are doing a good thing for yourself and your child. Ultimately, you have little control over what happens to your stepson, and you have full control over what happens to your own son.
The police or any medical centre can give you a referral (incl hospital) for somewhere to go and who to call for legal advice, in terms of custody etc. It doesn't sound like he would genuinely care if you took his son, but he might decide he wants to play power games and you might have to cross some hard bridges to get away from him. Hopefully he's just a deadbeat who doesn't care about custody. He sounds like a person who will only ever think of himself and you will always come off second best. You are doing a good thing.