Hi, i'm trying to find out some information for a friend (it is a friend honest!). She has 3 children and her long term partner has left her for someone else.
He is paying the mortgage and providing her with money (not nearly enough to cover food, petrol etc). He keeps turning up without warning to see the children and keeps telling her that he should be allowed to take the children on his own, either for the day or away somewhere for a weekend. However, he has shown violent behaviour in the past and she does not feel that he could be trusted with them on his own nor does he want them introduced to the other woman.
What are her rights? She has not limited visitation but the visits are now becoming so frequent and interegating that it's making it very hard for her to move on. Does she have to let him have them? Her youngest is only 11 months and she really doesnt feel she could hand him over to such a volatile person. She feels like she's treading on eggshells as if she upsets him then he might stop paying the bills, mortgage etc and she'll be homeless. What should she do?