Dh says he wants me to leave his house

[CarolinaMina]

Need some urgent advice please because I have no idea what to do.

Dh and I have been married for 10 years but have only started living together since last November. There’s a whole load of reasons for this - mainly distance as he moved away for work. Me and 3 dc (our joint dc) moved in with him in a November due to COVID but it became apparent quite quickly he was not happy with this. It’s become almost unbearable the last few weeks and last week he said he wants me and dc to move out and that he can’t live with us. Every day since he’s asking me several times a day if I’ve found somewhere to live yet. I genuinely don’t have any money for a deposit for a flat. When we moved in together, my universal credit dropped, due to his earnings, and I only get £180 a month child benefit. I do work part time in the evenings, with the potential to do more hours. I have no savings.

I don’t even know where to start with finding somewhere for us with no money for a deposit. Will the council help me? We moved into his home that he owns. Everything is in his names, the mortgage, all bills. He’s this morning written me a formal notice of eviction.

Does anyone know if I have a legal leg to stand on or any information on if the council will house me?

Im sorry I’m really, real,y stressed right now and feel like I’m breaking down. I just don’t know what to do and as a result, I’m doing nothing. I feel I’m a daze

While they were in separate properties they were still legally married which is what counts for income. I had the opposite as my ex still lived in marital home during divorce.
It's a complex situation, where she may be called in for a compliance interview.
Your ex cannot evict you from a marital home so sit tight and ignore
You'll not be entitled to council accommodation as your home is your asset too
I'd see a divorce/ family law solicitor ASAP without his knowledge and play dumb for now. You have power here, although he thinks otherwise

CarolinaMina

Forget about any UC issues that might or might not be brought up. If anything I don’t think you did anything wrong. Your Dh was financially abusing you and still is.

Remember you need to start getting your mind round that as you were married then he can’t evict you. You have a lot of rights.

I know it can be hard and has come as a huge shock and you need some time to get a grip of the situation but please please please contact a good solicitor and at least have a chat with women’s aid and tell them what position you are in regarding living in the marital home and your husband writing you an eviction notice. They might be able to introduce you to a divorce solicitor that has dealt with financial abuse

Not sure but if you are being financially abused then you might be able to claim legal aid.

Your husband is a tight penny pinching miser who thinks he is above the law and needs the law to show him that if you choose to get married and have children then you wave goodbye to at least 50% of your assets.
Friend got 60% because of the abuse she suffered. He also wanted her out of the marital home. She got it in her sole name in the divorce settlement. He injured her so she would never work again and held the fact he paid for everything over her and actually thought that because things were in his sole name it meant they were his not theirs. He had to have his business valued to put into the “marital pot” she was told by someone who worked with him that he was catatonic with rage and disbelief that his wife could technically own 50% of his business, pension, savings.
He even tried to say that he didn’t have to pay Child Maintenance as his children were over 18 but he did want every other weekend and one over night during the week. His children thought that was hilarious.

Some people have a very strange view of what marriage means,

I hope you are still reading and ignore the UC issues and concentrate on your more pressing issues