I live in houston, tx and i have a nine and a half month old son i'm a 26 year old male and i live with my mom which is 68. I was with my sons mother for over four years and since we are not together she wants to control everything when it comes to him. I cant go anywhere with my son alone (never have been able to)my mom hasn't seen my son in three months because my sons mother always makes excuses as to why she can't make it. she lives with her father and her fathers girlfriend and doesn't have a job and really never has had one. My mom has spent a lot of money buying him things I have also paid for all of his things that where neccesary since he was born except for two months because i lost my job fortunatly it was around income tax time and she used the income tax they got for him so that helped out alot at the time (her father filed income tax on my son). I have had alot of problems with her friends and family due to my race. Her mother has spit on me before and at the baby's baby shower i was called a nigger buy her dads girlfriends daughter and punched and my mom was trying to get in between us to stop the craziness and was hit in the face a couple of times as well. I really don't like being at their house but i go to see my son but i am getting tired of this I love my son so much and I want to be a father to my son and have equal rights. My mom refuses to go over there because of all the bad situations i have been in and it seems like she refuses to bring my son over. my question is what can i do about the situation and what rights do i have? some people are telling me that i can get full custody due to her not working and because i pay for all of his bills. she basically lives off of her parents and the funds of wic. I don't want to do that but is that true? i have never got advice on this situation. Sorry about the long story but i really had no idea of how to explain the situation but i really need some sort of help.