My partner's ex (not divorced) wife has been verbally abusing him nonstop since she relocated with his child a little over two years ago.
Background info -
She moved interstate, and since then, has prevented contact with their son. She used to allow FaceTime once or twice a week. Now it is limited to when she seems to be in a good mood and allows a short phone call. Lucky to be twice a week. She refuses the child to have a relationship with my partner and encourages him to call her new partner dad. She constantly tells my partner he is irrelevant and has no rights to child, etc. My partner has a fammily court date set later this year to apply for visitation rights, etc.
Anytime my partner tries to communicate with his ex in regards to their child, she abuses him. She uses degrading language and often messages him/us unprovoked. She sometimes calls my partner, swearing and yelling abuse at him over the phone. She has threatened us both many times with physical violence. We do not provoke her in any way, retaliate or have ever used abusive or disrespectful language towards her.
If my partner has to message her in regards to their son, he does so in a polite manner and usually she responds with swearing and calling him names, "deadbeat dad" , "a**hole", "pathetic waste of space", "f**king idiot" ,"You have no right to question me", "get it through your f**king stupid head"...You get the idea.
Apologies for the language.
She has also made a number of degrading and untruthful Facebook statuses about us both and not only named him publicly but sent it to our phones. I changed my number but, unfortunately, he cannot as he needs to have contact with her to try to communicate about his son.
I guess my question is, can he have some kind of AVO or restraining order taken out on her so she can only message him about his son and stop the constant abuse? Are her Facebook statuses slander or libel? Can she be charged with harassment or verbal abuse?
Not only does it worry me how violent her language is but also that she is starting to make my partner feel depressed about the constant abuse, and I worry that as she is known to be physically violent and frequently loses her temper, she would attack one or both of us if we ever had to be in the same vicinity as her.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Background info -
She moved interstate, and since then, has prevented contact with their son. She used to allow FaceTime once or twice a week. Now it is limited to when she seems to be in a good mood and allows a short phone call. Lucky to be twice a week. She refuses the child to have a relationship with my partner and encourages him to call her new partner dad. She constantly tells my partner he is irrelevant and has no rights to child, etc. My partner has a fammily court date set later this year to apply for visitation rights, etc.
Anytime my partner tries to communicate with his ex in regards to their child, she abuses him. She uses degrading language and often messages him/us unprovoked. She sometimes calls my partner, swearing and yelling abuse at him over the phone. She has threatened us both many times with physical violence. We do not provoke her in any way, retaliate or have ever used abusive or disrespectful language towards her.
If my partner has to message her in regards to their son, he does so in a polite manner and usually she responds with swearing and calling him names, "deadbeat dad" , "a**hole", "pathetic waste of space", "f**king idiot" ,"You have no right to question me", "get it through your f**king stupid head"...You get the idea.
Apologies for the language.
She has also made a number of degrading and untruthful Facebook statuses about us both and not only named him publicly but sent it to our phones. I changed my number but, unfortunately, he cannot as he needs to have contact with her to try to communicate about his son.
I guess my question is, can he have some kind of AVO or restraining order taken out on her so she can only message him about his son and stop the constant abuse? Are her Facebook statuses slander or libel? Can she be charged with harassment or verbal abuse?
Not only does it worry me how violent her language is but also that she is starting to make my partner feel depressed about the constant abuse, and I worry that as she is known to be physically violent and frequently loses her temper, she would attack one or both of us if we ever had to be in the same vicinity as her.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you