8 months pregant & boyfriend walks out

The first thing you should do is realize that you are about to become a single parent, and you should be concern with the what's best for your child. this means do whatever possible to get your life in order that you wont need the support of the father. start looking for jobs, possible baby sitters ect... when your baby is born, if you already have the father's information, SS#, birth date....., go ahead and file for child support. dont be suprise if he act all crazy, but most important, dont lat him sign the bith certificate for your child, cause if you decided that you want to do something with your life that may involve someone else taking gaurdianship, you'll be screwed cause you will need his consent, and if he's an ass like my son's father you wont get it.

The first thing you should do is realize that you are about to become a single parent, and you should be concern with the what's best for your child. this means do whatever possible to get your life in order that you wont need the support of the father. start looking for jobs, possible baby sitters ect... when your baby is born, if you already have the father's information, SS#, birth date....., go ahead and file for child support. dont be suprise if he act all crazy, but most important, dont lat him sign the bith certificate for your child, cause if you decided that you want to do something with your life that may involve someone else taking gaurdianship, you'll be screwed cause you will need his consent, and if he's a fool like my son's father you wont get it.

You'll just need to put his name on the birth certifate and then file for child support right away.

and if he walked out, chances are he won't get custody. but it would be good to also file for sole custody since he walked out.

because of the child support, you'll have to stay in contact with the dad for the next 18+ years of your life. so try and stay on good terms with him

If you can afford a lawyer, file for sole custody, child support kicks in pretty much at the same time considering the father signs the affidavit of Paternity; if your child's father doesn't sign an Affidavit Of Paternity when the baby is born, it will have to be done when you file for custody because the court needs proof that indeed he is the biological father. Once this is done ask your lawyer to state that he only has standard visitation.
Alot of lawyers don't charge for the first consult, start doing that now and see how much it will cost, THINK WITH YOU HEAD DO NOT THINK WITH YOUR HEART on this one, 18 years is a long time and you don't know what will happen, also, if you don't want your child to end up with your ex in the event something happens to you, once you have sole custody you ask your lawyer to submit to the court a Joint Conservatorship in which you name the person of your choosing to be your child's Conservator... guardian is not the same as conservator, a will and testament naming a guardian doesn't mean anything when it comes to minors and in the event of anything happening to you, the court will attempt to place the child with the father or any other relative unless there is a Joint Conservatorship filed in the court, with this your ex will retain only his visitation rights.