My question involves a child custody case from the State of: Tennessee/Minnesota
This is long please forgive me.
I am a 26 year old female and have a 2 year old daughter. My ex-boyfriend(32),we were never married,was granted temporary custody a few weeks after her birth. The reason for this is because I suffered from postpartum psychosis and was hospitalized.I never went to a court date nor do I remember signing any papers.I may have but in my mental state who knows.I was granted surpervised visitation at his discretion.
About a month after we started living with each other again and I became the soul supporter of the child.He has a very poor work history,a long history of drug and alochol use,and a felony criminal history that he just recently in the past month had expunged.
Over the next year he worked mybe 6 months and the rest of the time It was all on me. The appt and everything were in my name and the child was listed on the lease but he was not.
We broke up for good last April.We were living in Fargo,ND at the time. He removed the child from the home to Anoka,MN.He has since refused to let me see her.I moved back to Knoxville,TN where I was from and the child was born.He rarely allows me to talk to her on the phone but he regularly sends me pics of her.I'm allowed to send her gifts.
The reason he gives for not letting me see her is my mental health history.I have been diagnosed with axitety disorder and have no need for meds at this time.The postpartum psychosis is a tempoary condition and has gone away. I have no criminal history nor any history of drug use.
We had a very rocky relationship. He was very abusive toward me and there are lots of police reports of it.Plus there are numorius wittnesses but they are very divided either souly on his side or mine.
What would be my likelihood of getting Joint custody or full custody?What rights do I have?
Thank you in advance!

