If you’ve been through this or you’re a professional who deals with it everyday, please give me your input!

My sons dad (we’ll call him Scott) and I haven’t been together for almost a year, my son is 2. The past year Scott will randomly mention me taking my son away from him, even though I keep telling him I’m not going to. Well tonight I got a message from him asking if I’m going to take my son away, and I said no. Then, he proceeds to tell me if I took him to court he wouldn’t come, he’s not going to fight, and that he gives up.

So my question is, how likely would it be for me to get full custody of our child? Like if he really doesn’t show up to court and doesn’t have any interest in fighting for his son?

ETA: Yes, obviously there is more to the story- way too much to type. To make a long story short, basically this “man” abused me in every way possible for 3 years, my whole pregnancy and a couple weeks into my sons life all I heard was “that baby isn’t even mine I can’t wait to get a dna test so I can be gone,” “I cant wait to make you a single mom,” etc. When the DNA test came back and it was his, he didn’t care much to even see the baby; his family is who always reached out and they tell me all the time that they’re trying to change their son and knock some sense into his head. He genuinely just doesn’t care. We rarely ever talk and when we do its because he’s asking if I’m taking Jonah away. The messages about helping me with money (child support that he rarely pays), and helping take care of his own kid... that’s him trying to make me out to be the bad person. That’s not him loving/caring. Obviously none of you have a front row seat to his show so to you it may seem like I’m being a bitch and want custody over a dramatic text. That’s not it, though.

And yes, I do tell him I’m not taking Jonah away for many, many reasons. However, when he turns 18 in March I do plan to take him to court.