He kicked me out and took my son

[444pinkunicorns]

For the last 18 months I have lived with my partner in a property he owns. Today, following an argument he has asked me to move out immediately and has allowed me to take a small bag of my belongings.

We have an 8 week old son together, who he is refusing to allow me to take with me. Currently he is keeping our son away from me and refusing to let me see him, hold him, or take him with me following the break up.

I am our son’s primary caregiver and do pretty much all of the parenting. I have somewhere stable to move into and will be staying close to family.

Can anyone advise on what I should do or what my rights are?

Is he on the birth certificate?

I assume the baby is not breastfed

I think you need to get a court order

Are you safe right now? If you haven't left, I would not leave the house without your child.

If you feel unsafe, or that your son is unsafe, please call the police.

Financially he is only legally liable to pay child maintenance. You have no rights to his property.
Is he on the birth certificate?

Call your family for support. There’s no way I would be going anywhere without my baby.

Do not walk out without your baby.

Call the police! Say that he is blocking you from your exclusively breastfed baby.

I don't know the legalities of this but honestly if he has kicked you out and refusing you access to your 8 week old baby I would be phoning the police.
Your baby needs you.

Go back, get your baby.

Call the police. His behaviour is a abusive. Please don't think they won't take you seriously they will.

Yes, same.

You need this treated as an emergency. Make it clear you are the primary caregiver.

The longer your baby is with your ex, the more ground he has to claim he's the primary care giver.

Call the police, your health visitor and social services. An 8 week old baby needs its mother regardless of breastfeeding. What he is doing is emotional abuse and could cause trauma to your child. He’s been very silly to act in this way as it will be perceived very negatively in future with the courts. You need to do something now. You are that baby’s mother and your baby needs you.

Do have any male family members that can accompany you back to make sure he hands over the baby? You need to get your baby. Your baby needs you.

Are you somewhere safe, @444pinkunicorns ? I really think you should ring the police - a newborn baby needs to be with his mum. Do you have any friends or family who you can call for help?

You involve family or the police. Don't go without your baby. A baby that age should not be separated from its mother, breastfed or not, and police will back you up.

Go get your son and call the police to accompany you. Why would you leave without him???

This

Call the police.

You cannot and should not leave without your 8 week old newborn baby.

As the mother of an 11 week old baby, I can barely leave her an hour without severe anxiety so cannot imagine anyone trying to stop me seeing her.

You need an emergency court order OP. The police won’t remove a child from their own father.

Don’t leave without your baby. If you have, go back for your baby

Call the police and get your baby back

I would be extremely worried about leaving a baby with someone who acts like this and is so callous to treat a new mother like this

You need to call the police and/or turn up at the station and stay there until they help you.
Call womens aid right away.
You need to find a safe house/refuge.
Anyone that does this to a new mother and 8 week old baby is clearly unhinged.

Go to the house with a friend, and call the police.
The baby is breastfed, and it is child abuse to deny the baby food which is the mother's breast milk.

tell the police that your ex is highly emotionally unregulated, and a danger to himself and to the child.

Fill in an application online for an emergency child arrangements order and send it. First thing Monday if you can afford it call a lawyer and ask for an emergency appointment but don't delay on the court application. Keep communication open with your partner and try to calmly and reasonably persuade him to let you take the baby. Make promises about contact or whatever he wants, whatever it takes to get the baby back. I dare say once the baby won't stop crying for you he might think better of what he's doing. Just try not to react emotionally - that's what he wants.

Why? This would not be true would it? Trying to manipulate the police isn't a good idea.

Call the police. This is kidnap.