I have been enduring mental / emotional / verbal and some physical abuse from my husband since before my 5 month old son was born. His outbursts are progressively getting worse. He has completely broken me down and worst part about this is that he uses our son as a pawn. Says if I divorce him he'll take my son away from me (and has physically attempted to leave the house with our son. I tried to stop him yesterday and he forcefully pushed me out of the way causing me to hit the wall.
I have kept all of this a secret until few weeks ago when I obtained counselling through women's shelter and have also been in contact with CAS. They are telling me I can leave but I'm afraid of the ramifications. I'm at the point where I'm ready to leave with my son.
Some questions:
-can someone tell me about obtaining temp custody and how long does this last?
-do I need a lawyer for this? I'm currently on maternity leave and getting EI only
-how does visitation work if the other parent was abusive?
-do I need to prove the abuse somehow? Never called police etc...
-what is the worst that can happen? Can I lose custody or son?
thx
I have kept all of this a secret until few weeks ago when I obtained counselling through women's shelter and have also been in contact with CAS. They are telling me I can leave but I'm afraid of the ramifications. I'm at the point where I'm ready to leave with my son.
Some questions:
-can someone tell me about obtaining temp custody and how long does this last?
-do I need a lawyer for this? I'm currently on maternity leave and getting EI only
-how does visitation work if the other parent was abusive?
-do I need to prove the abuse somehow? Never called police etc...
-what is the worst that can happen? Can I lose custody or son?
thx
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