Potential separation- What to do?

[Staceyqq]

Hi everyone,

I'm currently weighing out the options of potential separation from my husband.

I came to the UK from another country to be with him and have sacrificed my previous life to start one here with him.

Because of this, if we do potentially separate, I feel like I have no where to go.

I can't go back to my home country as we have a young daughter who's settled here and in school. I would also like the option of co-parenting as he is a good father to her.

We've been together 10 years and have been going through multiple rough patches lately that never seem to get resolved.

I'm currently in the process of creating a "plan of action" in case I do decide to leave and have absolutely no idea where to begin.

For those of you who have decided to leave, what is some of the best advice you could give about what steps I need to take or have in place before I take the leap?

I'm in similar sytuation. At the moment because I'm in low paid full time job I know I will get UC I can rent from private landlord or apply for social housing but waiting list can be long up to 12 months.

Do you own your home or rent ?
Do you work ?
Do you have your own bank account ? If you do, is child benefit paid into it ?
Do you and/or DH have private pensions ?

Do you have indefinite leave to remain? If not, and you aren't from the eu, you need specialist immigration advice