partner attempting to evict us

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My partner of eight years and I are going through an acrimonious split. He is an alcoholic and has manic depression which makes him volatile and unpredictable. His ex is not let him see his child and he is rather unpleasant with my children. Things were particularly bad recently and I have started to spend some nights in friends sofas as I dont feel safe around him. The problem is that the house is in his name, although I can prove that I have been contributing to the mortgage and he is now threatening to not let me back in. All our stuff is inside the house. I am desperate. Can he do that? all advice appreciated

Yes, he can do that. It isn’t your house and you aren’t married

Have you got relatives nearby?

he can't keep your stuff for sure he has to let you collect it and also he must take reasonable care of it
if he is really violent sometimes if you are very scared the police will come with you to enable you to collect yours and the kids stuff
however the claim on the house is much much trickier

As MrsPink said, yes I think he can legally do that as it's not your house and you aren't married. He can't keep your stuff though.

Yes, he can do that. It's not your house and you have no claim over it.

He will have to give you your stuff back, although you may have to go back with the police to stay safe.

As others have said, if you aren't married, you have absolutely no claim to his property.

Your best bet is to get onto the council and declare your self homeless. Presumably as he treats you and the children so badly, you wont be going back

Yes he can. You will need to arrange a mutual time to pick up your things.

He might say he won’t let you back in but he will do but make sure you take the opportunity to take everything at that time. My ex was the same. Left 3 days before Xmas last year when he thought it was a good idea to kick my family’s Christmas gifts around the front room because I wouldn’t ‘get out of his house’ that I had been paying ALL the bills for for the previous 2 years.