Questions about kids & splitting up from a legal POV (Urgent)

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Friends DH left her for someone else when she was pg. He has been a complete twat for months and now said he can take his kids where he wants and he wants to have them in his city centre apartment and meet the slag girlfriend today. Says he wants them to live with him (think this is just a threat though). What can she do? Anything? She wants to go and confront the girlfriend today, I'm worried that she will batter her. Any advice gratefully received.

He has a right to see his children and he will presumably have to introduce them to his new partner at some point. Has custody been arranged?

no , no confrontation

rise above it and see a lawyer on monday

she can have solicitor write to him to say children not to be introduced to new partner until it is obvious it is a stable longlasting relationship

this all needs to be done via the correct channels.

and don;t give them any ammunition to show her as aggresive, violent etc..

must be horrible, no need for him to rub her face in it

Thats exactly what he is doing lulu, he's just been shouting down the phone and saying he doesn't want to come to the house and have to look at her and stuff like that. Said when the kids see how happy he is they will want to live with him.

full residency? in theory, i am sure he can go for it, in reality, it is very rare the mother would not have the children live with her.. it is a nasty and empty (ish) thread, designed to scare her,. if he was such a good dad, he would not have been shagging around on his pregnant wife .

if she does not have a solicitor, that is her first task on monday.

he is as beanie says , entitled to see his children, but not necessarily with the girlfriend.

I've told her she MUST go to a solicitor on Monday. You say the same as everyone else, what kind of dad behaves like that? Bastard!

she has not got a solicitor yet?? she must, must, must.

he is not going to play nice.

Clearly! We don't know whats come over him. He used to be a nice man Thanks Lulu x

no worries, have been supporting a good friend through similar, sudden leaving and adultery.. nasty business.

Its horrible, she just doesn't deserve it.