I am a father that wants rights to my daughter. I live in Georgia and she now lives in my hometown in Florida. She only blocks away from my mother and they get to see one another all the time. The problem is that I can't see her unless I just pop up to my mom. My daughter's mother will not allow me to see her or let her come visit me. I am now married and my wife and I have to 2 children of our own. The last two times I went down, she finally let me spend some time with her but will not allow her to come back to Georgia with me. A few years back she would not allow me to see her at all and I told her that I wanted to pay child support and she told me to leave them alone. So to protect myself I put myself on child support. I went down to the child support office and filed papers. Well my daughter's mother would not and still hasn't filled out the papers in order for her to receive the payments. The child support office has sent me a statement stating that they have sent her several information packets so she can fill them to receive support. She stated that she does not want me on child support because then I will get visitation, but regardless I should be allowed to see my daughter. So did what I felt I needed to do so that it will not come back to bite me later. What can I do about that? We are about 8-9 hours away from each other so I don't expect to get her every other weekend, so I would like some type of joint custody. I don't anything about where she goes to school her doctor. Nothing unless I have my mother snoop around and give me information. I don't think she is abusing her or anything. She does neglect our daughter, but I know the fight for full custody will be just that.... a fight. I just want custody so I can have her during the summer or holidays.. ANYTHING... Everyone says get a lawyer, but what's the best way to do that when I live in Georgia and she lives in Florida. Any advice would be great.