Custody in Ohio with involving the Courts

[Stuck-in-the-cold07]

I am 17 and a mother of a 1 month old infant. I live with my mother and my fiance' who is 19. My mother is planning on kicking him out. My fiance and I have talked about giving him complete custody of our daughter until I am 18 this way my mother can not take our daughter from me like she has been planning since before I had my daughter. Is there a way I can give complete custody of my daughter to her father without involving the courts and it be legal?

[aaron]

There's no requirement that you go through the courts. However if you don't involve the courts, you risk your mother seeking a guardianship over the infant.