Hi all,
I've just come home from a couple of years abroad to find my SIL is in trouble, she needs help asap and I know you guys know much more than me and may be able to suggest where to go.
Her partner of about 6 years has been verbally abusing her, swearing and screaming at her in front of her kids (aged 14 and 16 I think), calling her terrible mother in front of them, calling the kids a fucking waste of space to their faces, that kind of thing
Obviously she needs to get out of there asap, but they have just moved into a place together which they rent, and he paid the deposit and pays most of the rent. He said if she doesn't like it she should leave, but she says she has nowhere to go and can't afford her own place. This is in Berkshire. She works but runs her own business which is small, and she's just starting out with it. Her parents don't have room for them all and don't live close by so not good for school etc.
What are her rights with the place she rents, can she throw him out? Can she try a women's refuge, will she be able to work on her business there? She's currently crying in her car 😥