My daughter has recently left her abusive, controlling and "Mr Angry' husband. They were together for almost six years, have a 2 year old son and have been married for 18 months. Her husband has never shown any genuine interest or feeling for their lovely little boy (never changed a nappy, got up in the night, has to be begged to play with him by my daughter, gets angry if he is asked to help with anything at all). They bought their first home just 3 months ago, the deposit being paid almost entirely by us and my daughter. The money is irrelevant, however, he knows that his son is my daughter's whole world. She has done all of the caring and loving nurturing, and he is using this to make her feel anxious and frightened that she will lose their son. He has controlled her almost from the day they met, she just did not realise that what he was doing was very calculated and everything came to a head a few weeks ago and he finally lost complete control when she refused to stop seeing her family (to whom she is very close), which he demanded and told her that she was banned from bringing her little boy to see his grandparents. There is far too much history to put on here, but the police advised her to leave. The main worries for her are that her husband is pretending that he is actually interested in their son and the family court will not know his history. She is wary because everything she has read says that it will look bad on her if she says anything derogatory about her husband. She has tried to make it possible for the father/son relationship to continue by meeting him on Saturdays and Sundays for family time, but all he does is shout over their heads and upset their son. Does anyone have any advice or experience of a similar situation? We are desperate for advice.