Her partner is increasingly violent towards her. They're not married but have three kids, her names are on the deeds.
They've been separated for over a year but he refuses to leave the house. He pushes her about a lot and last night things got worse physically.
She has a solicitor who's talked about getting an occupation order to make him leave. She's too scared to do it though as she says he'll batter her. Knowing him I think he would.
She can't go to a refuge as she won't leave her dogs.
What would the police actually do if she was to serve him with an occupation order and he went off on one? I guess once she can get to a phone and call them then they'd arrest him? But at some point they'd let him go and he wouldn't care about being arrested again - he'd come straight back round and smash the door down and have another go.