advice needed for friend please

[kissyfurschaos]

Hello
Although I am a single parent my circumstances were very different so was wondering if anyone could help please.
I hope you don't mind me posting this but I'd like to offer some advice for a very dear friend who is one of the nicestpersons you could meet.
She has been with her partner for 12 years, they have a joint mortgage and two wonderful miracle dc (was thought due to severe pcos) they'd never conceive.
All was well until recently when after a number of sad events her partner lost his job. He then took overdose and she was rock to him. It turns out this week he has been having an affair and also turned violent on friend. She asked him to leave the family home after this.
What are her rights please as she works part time and won't have enough to pay mortgage on top of everything else. As he is now unemployed I'm guessing CSA can't help much.

Many thanks, she is a wonderful ,amazing person who has been there for me and I'd like to provide her advice as well as being a shoulder to cry on.

bumping for you in the hope that someone else will be able to help - I don't know much about it but would suggest your friend gets in touch with the CAB as soon as she can to ask their advice.

She needs to look at the entitled to website which will outline any help she is entitled to through tax credits and working family tax credits.
On the mortgage front I suggest she calls her mortgage company and puts them fully in the picture. I think there is quite limited help from government in relation to those who rent. She can try to get a mortgage payment holiday or at least being upfront with them they are more inclined to help.
The CAB are great but at the moment some of their offices are working on backlogs.
CSA wise if he is unemployed she is unlikely to get much help from them, they can only take money he earns / declares he has so I would suggest she tries to arrange any money with him through a voluntary agreement ( you can download these off the internet)
Not sure if this is all correct for her circ or help at all but I hope she is OK. She sounds lovely so I hope things turn out well in the end for her...