Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

DH wont leave

194 replies

Rainymay12 · 16/05/2026 17:03

Dh refusing to leave. I have asked him to leave, I have had enough. I work to pay all bills and get his card “here and there” to “pop to the shop” i do all house work, childcare school runs whilst he spend 7 days a week working for his Dad’s buisness of which he gwts a tiny wage and we see none of it. Recently his mother has been more than horrific towards me and he has been so so complacent about it, he is complacent about everything, the house needs replastering and lots of work outside, we need a new car we need a new lawnmower my tumble dryer is on the blink. Im spending yet another weekend solo parenting with no car. I asked him to leave at linch time. He laughed and said hes not leaving to be without the kids. Do I pack up with kids and go? This is nothing new ive had countless convos about things needing to change, with countless promises..

OP posts:
Moveoverdarlin · 16/05/2026 20:16

Rainymay12 · 16/05/2026 17:11

Its my fathers we rent it from him.

Perfect. Ideal in fact. Forget asking him to leave. See a solicitor and get a divorce.

Backedoffhackedoff · 16/05/2026 20:15

Whattheflush · 16/05/2026 19:58

I've only read up to page 2 but there is some horifically incorrect advice in here. OP, please contact Shelter on Monday and the Citizens Advice Bureau to find out what your actual rights in law are. It's advisable to do everything by the book just in case or his mother decide to involve the family court. Although if you are renting, even from a family member, it shouldn't be too complicated.

Wishing you the best of luck.

What do you think she needs advice for? Jesus Christ, it’s simple. Citizens advice or shelter must get some right dimwits calling up if this is the sort of thing they’re expected to deal with.

KeeleyJ · 16/05/2026 20:09

WallaceinAnderland · 16/05/2026 20:03

What do you mean nowadays? The new law came into effect on 1st May 2026. It's bang up to date. He cannot be prevented from accessing his home.

In my area, people who commit crimes that would historically have ended up with a prison sentence (e.g child porn, attacking NHS workers etc) no longer attracts a pris8n sentence.

Nothing to do with the new housing laws, just general society.

No chance of a Mum with multiple kids getting jailed for kicking her "DH" out of the house.

WallaceinAnderland · 16/05/2026 20:03

KeeleyJ · 16/05/2026 19:22

I would change the locks, sod being illegal, like anyone would go to jail for that nowadays!

It would take years to get to court.

What do you mean nowadays? The new law came into effect on 1st May 2026. It's bang up to date. He cannot be prevented from accessing his home.

ToKittyornottoKitty · 16/05/2026 19:59

Whattheflush · 16/05/2026 19:58

I've only read up to page 2 but there is some horifically incorrect advice in here. OP, please contact Shelter on Monday and the Citizens Advice Bureau to find out what your actual rights in law are. It's advisable to do everything by the book just in case or his mother decide to involve the family court. Although if you are renting, even from a family member, it shouldn't be too complicated.

Wishing you the best of luck.

Why would his mother involved the family court? And for what?

Whattheflush · 16/05/2026 19:58

I've only read up to page 2 but there is some horifically incorrect advice in here. OP, please contact Shelter on Monday and the Citizens Advice Bureau to find out what your actual rights in law are. It's advisable to do everything by the book just in case or his mother decide to involve the family court. Although if you are renting, even from a family member, it shouldn't be too complicated.

Wishing you the best of luck.

Saffy255 · 16/05/2026 19:46

Rainymay12 · 16/05/2026 17:11

Its my fathers we rent it from him.

It's your dad's house, he should leave .

DO NOT leave, if it ever came to it, you'd be classed as intentionally homeless, and the Council won't have to house you, children or not.

ToKittyornottoKitty · 16/05/2026 19:46

Heronwatcher · 16/05/2026 19:45

He thinks you’re joking. What about getting your dad over and telling him to go again. Pack a bag for him in advance and consider changing the locks. Get your dad to talk to him. If that fails threaten to call the police. If he still won’t go and the police won’t intervene personally I would take the kids and go and stay with your parents for a bit whilst your dad evicts him.

Why would she phone the police? It’s his home
too and she’s in no danger. You can’t call the police in just because you’re sick of your marriage.

LBFseBrom · 16/05/2026 19:46

Then it is your home, I'm sure you can make him go and agree access to the children.

Why does your husband only earn a pittance from his father's firm and not contribute? He's not a student living with parents, he has responsibilities..

Heronwatcher · 16/05/2026 19:45

He thinks you’re joking. What about getting your dad over and telling him to go again. Pack a bag for him in advance and consider changing the locks. Get your dad to talk to him. If that fails threaten to call the police. If he still won’t go and the police won’t intervene personally I would take the kids and go and stay with your parents for a bit whilst your dad evicts him.

Isittimeformynapyet · 16/05/2026 19:43

LadyTable · 16/05/2026 19:41

'Just change the locks' is a sheep-like reply that's been trotted out on MN since before I joined 15 years ago.

You'd think people would learn it's not that simple.

Yeah. They all egg each other on, don't they. It's risible.

LadyTable · 16/05/2026 19:41

Isittimeformynapyet · 16/05/2026 19:37

Because they are not very intelligent? Maybe?

'Just change the locks' is a sheep-like reply that's been trotted out on MN since before I joined 15 years ago.

You'd think people would learn it's not that simple.

Isittimeformynapyet · 16/05/2026 19:37

WallaceinAnderland · 16/05/2026 19:11

No, not this. Why are people giving OP the wrong advice.

Because they are not very intelligent? Maybe?

Ralstan · 16/05/2026 19:31

kscarpetta · 16/05/2026 17:32

Regardless of whether he is a shit parent he is their parent, he's going to have them 50% of the time once the OP divorces him!

This is very funny. Try making a man have his children 50% of the time when he has no interest in them

LadyTable · 16/05/2026 19:31

mumofoneAloneandwell · 16/05/2026 19:26

The dad should be disgusted with the man's treatment of his daughter and demand he leaves!

He can demand all he likes.

But the law is the law.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 16/05/2026 19:26

Backedoffhackedoff · 16/05/2026 19:21

I think you’ve missed the point tha it’s OPs DF who would be acting illegally, not oP

It’s fine for her to break the law and risk the consequences. She doesn’t get to decide that her dad should

The dad should be disgusted with the man's treatment of his daughter and demand he leaves!

Isittimeformynapyet · 16/05/2026 19:24

BridgetJonesV2 · 16/05/2026 18:30

Get your Dad to come and change the locks and cancel his card.

Find your self respect.

Cancel what card? What have I missed?

KeeleyJ · 16/05/2026 19:22

I would change the locks, sod being illegal, like anyone would go to jail for that nowadays!

It would take years to get to court.

ThisCyanPoet · 16/05/2026 19:21

Apply to the court for an occupancy order based on it being the children’s home and you being the parent who meets all their needs?

Backedoffhackedoff · 16/05/2026 19:21

mumofoneAloneandwell · 16/05/2026 19:00

There are some laws that you break that make you a bellend

This isnt one of them

I think you’ve missed the point tha it’s OPs DF who would be acting illegally, not oP

It’s fine for her to break the law and risk the consequences. She doesn’t get to decide that her dad should

DavidStopActingLikeADisgruntledPelican · 16/05/2026 19:20

OP, you need to get legal advice to get him out. And talk to your family. Don’t try to carry this burden on your own. Best of luck.

WallaceinAnderland · 16/05/2026 19:18

If OP plays her cards right it could be done in a legal and straightforward manner but I get the feeling that OP just wants to vent and not actually do anything to change her situation.

DavidStopActingLikeADisgruntledPelican · 16/05/2026 19:18

kscarpetta · 16/05/2026 17:12

Go stay with your parents for a couple of weeks and let him do all the childcare, school runs and housework.

Tempting but depending on how nasty he could be, especially with his family egging him on, I wouldn’t. When I was in the process of my ex, someone close to me suggested I leave for my own safety and get my kids back later on when they were back from holiday with their grandparents (ex’s parents). According to my solicitor if I’d followed that advice I’d have had a hell of a job getting them back as leaving them would have made it look like my ex was a good, competent parent (he wasn’t and isn’t) and I would have looked like I was basically abandoning them. Wouldn’t have had a leg to stand on in family
court.

LumpyandBumps · 16/05/2026 19:16

If it’s a joint tenancy either party can give notice to terminate the tenancy. This ends the whole tenancy. If H does not leave the landlord would still need to go to court for possession, but it is normally a much more straightforward matter to get an order.

WallaceinAnderland · 16/05/2026 19:11

Daisymail · 16/05/2026 19:10

This.

No, not this. Why are people giving OP the wrong advice.

Swipe left for the next trending thread