Legal advice anybody?

I got the following spam message in my mailbox :

help! i need some legal advice on custody / child support / divorce !!!!? Ok-I recently left my husband. We have 1 child together and 1 on the way. My husband still lives down south, and I moved to delaware (with the child). In delaware, my husband is considered a repeat offender and has several felony charges and is also a known drug user. Currently, he is not on drugs however. He doesn't have a car or a place of his own, and never stays at the same job too long.I am trying to work things out with him where we don't have to go through the courts, but he is being an ahole. He sends me all kinds of emails about how he's going to make sure I don't get any help from welfare, and how I can't make him pay child support b/c were married, and how he's going to get the kids.

I have several questions-If we r married but living in seperate states n he isn't supporting his child, can I get child support? What about help through welfare?
Is it possible that a judge would grant him even JOINT custody? With his record? He was put in jail for a few months for assault on a pregnant female (me) but was never convicted b/c I didn't show at court and would the judge still look at that? We were married in SC- can I file for legal separation in delaware, or do I have to travel all the way to SC? What are my options in this case? Are there lawyers out there that I can consult about this for free? What is the best thing for me to do in this situation? When I was 7 months pregnant he broke my cheekbone and I needed stitches in my ear. The state presses charges but were unable to prosecute b/c I didn't show. I didn't go to court b/c #1 I was all the way in SC and wasn't legally able to drive through virginia (suspended license) to delware, I had a job, and also b/c I was very young and stupid and let him convince me that he was sorry. He doesn't have a car (b/c he sold the few he had to get drugs) and he shares an apartment w/ 3 other guys¦..he can't keep a job. He is very unresponsible and has several 1st degree robbery charges as well as possession charges. I don't think he is fit to be a parent