My recently bereaved friend is being bullied by his fiances ex.

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My very close friend died last week. She has 3 children by her ex who she left as he was both verbally and physically abusive. He is now bullying her fiance who is obviously distraught at her loss. He (fiance) is currently living in her house to look after her pets and her oldest son who escaped from his father recently and went to live with her.

Today the ex sent the younger 2 over to see their older brother (they don't live in the same town) by taxi and insisted the fiance paid the fare. No arrangements had been made and he didn't even know if they were staying or not. Then another taxi turns up to take them home again, again expecting fiance to pay. He can't afford this, he has bills and a funeral to pay for. The ex is banned from contacting his older son since he attacked him recently. We don't know how to deal with this situation. The police aren't helping.

Do any of you kind people on here have experience of this and how we can deal with it.

Why did he pay. I would have sent the taxi driver back to the person who actually booked the taxi.

Social work re child arrangements

Do not pay for taxis.

Solicitor re will and arrangements for property and finances and any wishes regarding children to be taken into account.

It's Christmas Eve. I didn't know about this until a neighbour of theirs told me. We can't get hold of anyone until next week. I wouldn't have paid either but the fiance (we'll call him F) didn't know where he stood. The children are all teenagers and capable of catching a bus. All fares are currently £2 no matter what the journey. They'd have to change once. So 2 teenagers £8 one way and £8 back is £16. The ex (we'll call him E) is just being an AH. I'm worried about what he'll do tomorrow when I'm taking a day off from this sh!tf3st. I'm having Xmas with my eldest some way away so I won't be able to help. Bye the bye the fare was £79 here and the same back. It's usually about £40 but it's Xmas eve.

Oh. And F was so bl00dy scared of E that he didn't go to the hospital. The only one there when she died was me, holding her. You might get the impression that I'm a little angry.