Lockdown has been difficult, like with lots of people, but we already had problems end of last year that we saw a marriage counsellor for.
Being together 24/7 isn't helping, we are bickering over silly things, things I have tried to say 'This is silly, lets draw a line and not let it escalate' but my husband won't let it go.
He always threatens to take our child if we split up to his parents in Wales (we are in England), which scares the life out of me as I know he can take him anywhere in the UK and I can't stop him.
I know he says this on purpose to hurt and upset me, and it is one of the reasons why maybe I do stay. If I knew he would be staying locally if we split it might make things easier.
He also says things like he would get 100% custody as I can't manage our child on my own (I can, and he is better behaved when it is just the two of us).
He also says he does the majority of childcare, which is rubbish, and I've worked out that he has our child for 2 hours a week on his own! I have him 13 hours on my own, the rest is joint care, nursery or my parents.
Is there anything I can do if he does take him? Our son is almost 3, we usually share childcare around our jobs, alongside nursery (which he isn't in at the moment), and my parents look after him one day a week (before COVID-19) and have done for over a year, and I also spend time with them (and him) on a Saturday when my husband has football.
We currently live in my house (my Dad is on the mortgage too, but it's not in my husbands name).
I just want to know what my options are if he did take him away.
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trumpisinsane · 28/04/2020 10:00
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