Before birth of baby or after is when you start Child support proceedings!?

Nikkileelee

Baby is due in 3 months and I don't think we will make it to that point. We fight. We don't live together. He is only my SO. Not a husband. I was thinking about naming our son with his last name is this stupid?! How do courts go about giving you child support if you aren't together? Do I start the proceedings before the baby is born? 

Yes I feel like I'm in a mess. Things with us don't seem to b working out. It saddens me.Other side notes are I am a student and he has a good job. 

Does this kinda situation turn into custody battle crap?! I feel so lost.  

 

Please help me know the steps I should be taking ..