Where do I go to file for child custody?

I want to take my son out of state. I went to see a lawyer yesterday, he told me to immediately file for custody and then leave with the child. I want to know where to go? Court house? Is it just a form or does it have to open a case? Even if I’m not married to the father? I know I’ll have to come back up for court. THe problem is that I have no family here, not one person and no job, I’m a full time nursing student. So I wouldn’t have anywhere else to go.

You have to open a case for custody. Your lawyer was giving you advice that could get you into trouble. The fact that you weren’t married to your child’s father makes no difference in a custody case. The custody case has to be heard and the father of the child CAN request that the child not be allowed to go outside the county he originally resided in, (this is where you could get into trouble). The court then determines what is best for the CHILD not the parents as to whether the child can move or not. If the court says the child has to stay in the same county as the father then YOU will have to move back.