Would social get involved for this

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Asking for a friend. Her and her dh have been rough for a few years. Police previously got involved when dv happened. Social tried to help her leave arranged temp accommodation but she didn't take the offer up. They have a 5 year old.
Fast forward 2 years. They live together but seperated he just refuses to leave, although she solely owns the house.
She just called to say last night. Her dh treated to end his life. Told his relative Who then called police.
First friend knew was when police and ambulance knocked the door.
He didn't do anything or attempt anything. i think it must of been a cry for help?
Shes now worried as the child was in the house they will notify social services.
Tbh they both treat each other appallingly. And are toxic for each other. She keeps him there as drives and takes them nice places but really treats him badly like bins his dinner, makes him sleep on a broken settee etc. He speaks to her and treats her bad too. Its just all so toxic.
Shes worried SS will involve now

Well, hopefully.

Sounds like it would be a positive thing to happen.

Would it really be a bad thing to have ss looking out for the poor child being raised in a toxic household?

Yes it’s possible that the police will contact social services, especially if they picked up on some of the issues in the home.
surely that’s a good thing? There’s a child in all of this…

Hopefully they do. They sound like a family in desperate need of support

Yes I hope so

Poor child. Absolutely they need to be involved. The parents need to understand the impact that the toxicity to each other will have on their child.

It should be the very least of her concerns 🙄

I should have said i hope they do too to give support.
Although last time they were contacted by school as a parent reported them for something they witnessed they dropped the case. Said the kid was ok.

I feel for the dc that's for sure

She needs to see a solicitor ASAP. If she solely owns the house then I don't know why she doesn't just put all his stuff on the lawn and change the locks while he's out, but I'm not well versed on divorce laws and whether that would be a sensible move on her part in legal terms.

I suspect they haven’t broken up and that’s why she hasn’t thrown him out…

Yes I've said this to her. They had a property together which sold And went 50.50 on. She used her 50 percent to buy the current property with added inheritance.
Hes as far as i know wasted loads but that's what i get told.

Yes there is that. I know they definitely sleep separately, but they go shopping, days out etc as a family.

The police will automatically notify social services, as they should.

Very hard to answer as the situation is not clear. Were social services involved due to the past DV?

why did he say he was gong to kill himself was it a true or was it games as this is quite common for abuses to do . What was said to the ambulance people?

Do social services know they are living in the same house? If they are abusing each other is the child being abused . If not physically. It could come under emotional neglect due to what the child witnesses.

Oh and when we're social services last involved.

She didn't take up the offer????

If she had help to protect her child and she refused that help after the case closed then I hope she does get further involvement from Childrens Services.

They were involved for dv once.

I tend to hear snippets and mostly one side of the story.
So unfortunately I don't have the other answers to the questions

SS will know because it'll get automatically referred from police. Depends on how busy the SS department is. They might get a phone call in our area (!)

Ah ok. It's kind of hard to answer then. But she risking her child being taken away.

Yes, the police will inform SS who will inform the school. The child is a victim of emotional abuse so I would hope someone does anything but I wouldn’t hold my breath.