My daughter is 3 years old and lives with her mother, she and I were never married. Her mother swears at her and in front of her, she hits her and she has a very short temper. I usually find out by my friends that her mother goes to clubs on certain days of the week and leaves my child with my mother. I pay maintenance and extra. It seems as if my child is frightened of her mother and when I have my child every second weekend and I have to take her back to her mother, she cries hysterically. I would like to know what I can do get custody of my daughter?

