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Abusive, emotionally unstable, violent ex wants to see our child after years?

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Clarisse1 · 12/09/2022 09:15

When I was 15-17 I was a rebel teenager x 10.

When I was 15 I met this boy abroad. I live in X (European country) and he lived in Y (non-European country). He is 7 years older I am. Not illegal in X or Y, and at first I told him I was older, he didn’t know the truth until months later.

We got into a relationship and I saw him when I was in Y.

He was very emotionally unstable, crying a lot. He would hit me (slap me in my face, push me, hit my legs with his fists), threathen to kill me and treathen me with throwing an ashtray at me and with a small kitchen knife, he would lock me up, he was insanely jealous and would think I was looking at guys I hadn’t even noticed, he would also always joke about other girls body and that I had “melons” and the other girls had “apples” and it could be fun to change, etc. He would sometimes say it is good I was young so he can shape me how he wants, that women are like children, etc. He had scars all over his arm from before me, I think he had been cutting himself once.

I got pregnant at 17, and with that I got my brain back. He hit me with a belt when I was 8 weeks pregnant and I left. I was in X and he was in Y. He couldn’t legally go to X.

I gave birth at 18. I was alone during my pregnancy. And me and Z (our child) did great. It was a good time.

Then I lost some of my brain again and met him in a third country, he saw Z for the first time and we were there for 10 days.

Then I went back to X. But then he came to X, we tried a little bit, but he was still very jealous, he had also started smoking weed and drinking a lot (he didn’t before). He was in X illegally, so he went to another country in Europe. Before he left X, I had left him. In the time before he left he was stalking me, he climbed up on my balcony, he hit his head hard into the wall in front of me and Z, he hit his hard so hard that he was bleeding and nearly passed out for a few seconds.

So he left the country and everything was good, until now. Z is big, in school. I am done with my bachelor in a few months, I have hobbies, I am working, good relationships with family and friends. I have been in therapy. Life is (mostly) good. I also have a 4 year old with my now husband, and my husband has taken Z as his own.

Now my ex is in another country in Europe. Don’t know what he is doing or if he is there legally or illegally. We don’t have contact. But he just wrote now that he is coming, that he wants to see Z and that the 4 year old I have with my husband is his. I replied no, and the four year old doesn’t even look like him and the dates there is no way it is possible, not the slightest doubt. He said he is coming and that it is the last time asking in a nice way, then he blocked me.

I am like what the what now. So confused. Can he just come into Z’s life now when he almost never has been a part of it. It is too messed up and I don’t know what to do. He is on the birth certificate, but I have the custody alone. Also it annoys me he says I lie and that me and my husband’s child is his child. I am scared if he will do something to me or family, I am scared he will find me or family or try to abduct Z.

I wrote him a statement that we don’t have any agreement, he blocked me, so I wrote his wife to forward it (or friend or ex, I don’t know what she is to him) she is from another european country and said was going to visit him in another european country soon, but she doesn’t know if they will meet because he has been acting strange lately (just the way he talks and acts, he has never hit her though).

So that’s it. But I don’t know if I should just relax or start to take my precautions, I also feel like I really messed up and no matter what I do it isn’t quite right. But I don’t want him near me and I don’t know what I can do now to prevent it? Also gonna contact a lawyer. Once he applied for visation when he was still in another EU country, but he didn’t show up for the meeting/cancelled, that was years ago.

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HeidiWhole · 12/09/2022 09:21

Are you in the UK? Does he know where you live? You need to be doing everything possible to keep him away from you and your family. Definitely need a solicitor.

MolliciousIntent · 12/09/2022 09:24

Unfortunately because he is on the birth certificate he has equal rights to you.

So your only real recourse is to hide, completely. Shut down all your socials, block everyone who knows him, move house if he knows your address, etc etc.

Midlifemusings · 12/09/2022 09:27

Do you have a court order giving you sole custody? If not, get one.

klipwa · 12/09/2022 09:33

Without stating the countries involved you aren't going to get useful advice. The law will be different from country to country.

Clarisse1 · 12/09/2022 10:24

HeidiWhole · 12/09/2022 09:21

Are you in the UK? Does he know where you live? You need to be doing everything possible to keep him away from you and your family. Definitely need a solicitor.

No I am not in the UK. In a Scandinavian country. I moved city since so he doesn’t know my adress. My family lives in the same town but he doesn’t know their new adresses since he left, I think he knows my father’s adress as the only oke, not sure.

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Clarisse1 · 12/09/2022 10:30

klipwa · 12/09/2022 09:33

Without stating the countries involved you aren't going to get useful advice. The law will be different from country to country.

Yes that’s true, I should also contact a lawyer. I don’t feel that good giving to many specific infos online, but I live in a Scandianavia.

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Clarisse1 · 12/09/2022 10:30

Midlifemusings · 12/09/2022 09:27

Do you have a court order giving you sole custody? If not, get one.

Yes I have full custody from the court. But he is on the birth certificate.

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Clarisse1 · 12/09/2022 10:31

MolliciousIntent · 12/09/2022 09:24

Unfortunately because he is on the birth certificate he has equal rights to you.

So your only real recourse is to hide, completely. Shut down all your socials, block everyone who knows him, move house if he knows your address, etc etc.

I live in a different city today and most of my fam has moved since he was here, but they are still in the same town.

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bloodyunicorns · 12/09/2022 10:35

Why did you put him on the birth certificate?

He sounds unhinged and dangerous. I'd block him on everything, contact the police for advice, and see a solicitor to find out what the law is in your country re absent parents' right to access to their children.

Georgeskitchen · 12/09/2022 10:41

Ignore him and don't engage in any communication. On his previous form he will probably not bother to turn up anyway

wildseas · 12/09/2022 10:41

In your position I would just make all of the practicalities as hard as possible and hope that he doesn’t have the time / money / will to find you.

So, call your family and friends and make sure they know not to share any details about you. Lock down all of yours and your husbands social media, delete school uniform or location posts and stop posting for a while so that he can’t get location clues. Speak to the child’s school, make sure they have a copy of the custody order and know that he can’t pick up. Make sure you have a chain on your door and always open on the chain. I’m sure you can think of others.

i think your plan to see a lawyer is a really good one, and if you think he would get visitation rights then look into some sort of supervised contact centre. If he finds you have your lawyer contact him to offer supervised visitation with no contact with you at all.

good luck !

Clarisse1 · 12/09/2022 11:44

bloodyunicorns · 12/09/2022 10:35

Why did you put him on the birth certificate?

He sounds unhinged and dangerous. I'd block him on everything, contact the police for advice, and see a solicitor to find out what the law is in your country re absent parents' right to access to their children.

I know it is a mess and makes everything more complicated. I will do that. You think the police will be able to offer me advice?

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CruCru · 14/09/2022 19:06

bloodyunicorns · 12/09/2022 10:35

Why did you put him on the birth certificate?

He sounds unhinged and dangerous. I'd block him on everything, contact the police for advice, and see a solicitor to find out what the law is in your country re absent parents' right to access to their children.

In fairness, it may be that the country the OP is in doesn't give the option of not putting him on the birth certificate. I think the law varies quite a lot from country to country.

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