She goes on Baby World
But I will printing this thread out for her. She needs legal advice and some good advice and some postive been there and out the other side far happier stories.
The story is her DP has thrown her out of the house. They are unmarried but have four children together. The mortgage is both names. He believes the house work is solely her responsibility because he works and she doesn't (because looking after four five including him children f/t is easy, innit?)
He wants custody of the children and has requested that she sign the house over to him (it's negative equity anyhow, so selling it won't gain her anything and she cannot afford the mortgage payments alone) Where does she stand if she does sign it over, wrt housing benefits and council houses and voluntary homelessness etc?
He has taken her key and she is not allowed in the house unless he is there and must knock before she comes in.
This happened last night. Her 4yo son heard all this and sneaked down out of bed to open the door for her because he was worried about her 
She is staying at my parents atm. He has told her the children are not allowed to stay there. If she takes them there again he will report her to SS because my parents have three (non agressive dogs) there would also be an over crowding issue, but it would only be a temporary solution anyway until she finds her own place.
She is more than welcome to stay here but we also ahve dogs although ours are slightly calmer and would have an even bigger over crowding issue (I could kick DH out to his mums for a while and she could sleep in my bed with me. The children would have to top and tail in bunks with mine and the baby has a travel cot)
At the moment the children are with him and she is allowed to see them after school and is allowed to provide childcare when is working 
He has let the eldest come to my parents to stay tonight because she was so upset about her mum not being with her. My sister is a very devoted mum and never leaves her children.
This is the third time this has happened. Last time he called the police on her for assaulting him (i.e defending herself when he was trying to snatch the baby from her arms, he was pissed up.) the police saw through his story and no charges were brought against her or him, but they did have a chat with him about his behaviour in drink and did remove him from the house that night. They were fine with my sister. No report to SS was made afaik.
That is the un emotive version. I can't put down in print my feelings on the matter. There aren't enough cuss words in the world to cover it.
Where does she go from here? She is considering having a chat with him to try and solve things 
like the last two times this happened.