A quick run down, I'm a single mother of my 8mth old daughter and we live in Liberty county tx. The biological dad is active duty army and lives in Georgia. He has been absent from her life pretty much all but 20 days out of the 8 months. He's filling for joint custody (standard) and I've been served by his lawyer. For personal reasons I do not want him to have overnight visitations until after she's 3. His lawyer and himself are pretty much pressuring me to sign his petition asap. So now I'm needing a good lawyers info that could help me and it not cost 3000 or even a pro bono lawyers help...if anyone can help me with such info, please please please let me know!! Thank you so much for your time! 

Check to see if you employer offers anything. Many corporations have employee assistance programs (EAPs) that offer free legal counseling and services.
A church may offer be able to offer some help with prayer groups (or the weekly bulletin) that can help connect you with a legal prof in the area who can listen to you.

Go to this site to see what's also available in your area.

And good luck. 

This might be a good resource for you.
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Just because you have joint custody doesn't necessarily mean that she will be in his care.
Since he lives out of state, and is active duty military, and she's too young to travel alone, I wouldn't worry about it too much.

For sure, seek the advice of an attorney, but seriously...this is standard procedure. 

Find a way to take care of this the right way. Trying to get something changed later could cost you a lot more in the long run. You didn't say why he has suddenly decided he want to be in his child's life. Have his parents decided they want to be active in her life? Do you have any type of relationship with him now? Sitting down and talking might help. Does he pay child support?