Abusive, violent husband with ongoing MH issues (depression). Awaiting assessment for ASD. Police involvement on 3 occasions where he was threatening or actively hit out (always me, never the children but they witnessed this).
Never had joint finances. He categorically refused to do this. We've jointly owned a flat where I put down the deposit and paid for legal fees (all evidenced via bank transfers, etc.). We moved into a house just recently (6 weeks ago) and again, I contributed a large amount to the deposit. Jointly owned- 50/50. He recently had a rant and hit me and I called the police. I didn't press charges because he pays all the mortgage (has always insisted he'd be in charge of the mortgage) and bills (earns almost double my salary) and I cover nursery fees, etc.
Our marriage is over (has been for a long time but has taken me time to come to terms with it) and husband was released from custody and returned home. However, threats have no started with him saying he'll make it his business to make me homeless by forcing the sale and taking my share of the house because he's always paid the mortgage (money goes out of his account). This would leave me in a ridiculous situation- I can't afford the mortgage repayments on my own and the childrens fees and household bills. I can do one or the other. He is going to make this as hard on me as possible. He claims the law will side with him as he can't afford to pay the mortgage here and find a place to rent on his own.
What are my legal options? I'm scared and have buried my head in the sand for too long but it's now time to rip the plaster off and take stock of my life/situation. DC are 2 and 4. Older one has additional needs and goes to a specialist private nursery and likely will continue there through school.