Is this possible please? I’m in the UK.
My exH is on my child’s birth certificate. He was abusive to me, both while I was pregnant and while I was feeding my newborn. He has an extensive criminal history, mainly violent and most recently accusations of sexual assault/ rape (not towards myself.)
He was never convicted of the abuse to myself, it went to court but NFA.
He was recently released. I haven’t heard anything as of yet from him. I have a prohibited steps order in place and a non molestation order. So for the next year he can’t come near me, or remove child from my care.
I will have to renew this every year. At some point will the courts stop granting it if a few years go by and nothing has happened?
Am I really expected to re apply every year? When I go back to working full time I won’t be entitled to legal aid and won’t even be able to afford it.
I moved to hide from him, but it’s likely he knows our new address as his sister accessed our records via her job. I can’t afford to move right now though.
what can I do here realistically?
I assume I can’t just strip his rights, but is there a close equivalent?
im terrified of him and if he starts tormenting me I plan to move, but can I change little ones name if so? Or would that require his authorisation too?
He’s likely to pop out of the blue one day when it suits him, when he’s suddenly dying to see his child, but he really only cares about himself and barely saw him when he had the opportunity to do so (first 6months)
I can’t live in fear of him turning up and being granted a share of the care one day. No part of me would feel that would be safe. He has threatened to take child abroad (where our parents originate from) and that I’ll never be able to get him back.
Any help atall will be greatly appreciated.