I’ve been separated from my abusive and narcissistic husband for 8 years and he is determined to punish me for moving on and leaving him. We have 4 children aged 16-12 and I have a court order saying they should be resident with me. However, following numerous attempts to end my relationship with my current partner he made my daughters believe that every time he innocently touched them or hugged them it was for his sexual gratification and the only reason he ever helped out with the washing it was to gain entry into their bedrooms and indulge in his obscene knicker sniffing habits! As absurd as this is, it culminated in my husband making allegations of paedophilia and him having to remove my daughters from my care for their safety and well being! Following an investigation he retracted his allegations and admitted he’d made it up and ‘misinterpreted’ what our girls had said! 11 weeks on I haven’t seen or spoken to my daughters and he is preventing them from seeing me! Equally they are 15 and 12 and should be able to stand up to him, say no and say they want to move back home! I’m currently divorcing my husband so can’t afford the extra expense of going to court to request my daughters back and there’s a part of me that’s annoyed and disappointed in them for not being able to see what their Dad is doing and that they’re just pawns in his games! However ... the impact of not growing up with a mum and knowing she’s not fighting to get them back can only be detrimental to them for life! Moreover, whilst they’re there with him and I’m still with my poorly treated partner I know they’ll be being told that I’ve chosen him over them! What to do ... what to do??? 