Hi - I am new here, so I really appreciate any advice in advance. Sorry if this is long.
I am in a pretty terrible situation, my partner of 15 months with whom we have an 8 month old son has thrown me out of the house and is now dictating when I can see my son. He threatens he will call the police if I come near the house. I called the police too to get my son back and they said there's nothing they can do.
He was initially refusing to let me see my son, however given my constant begging is now allowing me to have him for three days a week. My friends and family have told me to just keep my son and not give him back, and sometimes I wonder whether to do this but I just don't know what to do. I am afraid to challenge him for the following reasons:
- he has threatened he will call my employer and tell them about my post natal depression (I desperately need my job), he says he will get me sacked
- I am worried this would not look good if this should go before the courts
- He is accusing me of mental illness (post natal depression) and poor parenting and is claiming he will 'take me to court' to get sole parental responsibility. We had a major fallout and so I don't know how much of this is coming from his anger towards me.
I want to see my son, I want to see him every day, I cry every night. I was his primary carer until my partner threw me out. There wasn't any domestic violence or abuse or anything in our relationship but he was very controlling about money.
Should I be worried about his threats with the mental illness? I had pretty severe post natal depression and saw a psychiatrist and got put on medication but was doing really well after that. But he is threatening he will subpoena my medical records. My mum can confirm I was doing a great job as a mother.
Is there anything I can do? I am desperate to see him and don't know how the whole system works but it sounds like proceedings can drag out for months and maybe years and I don't want to miss half of my son's infancy - is there anything I can do as an emergency?
I am in a pretty terrible situation, my partner of 15 months with whom we have an 8 month old son has thrown me out of the house and is now dictating when I can see my son. He threatens he will call the police if I come near the house. I called the police too to get my son back and they said there's nothing they can do.
He was initially refusing to let me see my son, however given my constant begging is now allowing me to have him for three days a week. My friends and family have told me to just keep my son and not give him back, and sometimes I wonder whether to do this but I just don't know what to do. I am afraid to challenge him for the following reasons:
- he has threatened he will call my employer and tell them about my post natal depression (I desperately need my job), he says he will get me sacked
- I am worried this would not look good if this should go before the courts
- He is accusing me of mental illness (post natal depression) and poor parenting and is claiming he will 'take me to court' to get sole parental responsibility. We had a major fallout and so I don't know how much of this is coming from his anger towards me.
I want to see my son, I want to see him every day, I cry every night. I was his primary carer until my partner threw me out. There wasn't any domestic violence or abuse or anything in our relationship but he was very controlling about money.
Should I be worried about his threats with the mental illness? I had pretty severe post natal depression and saw a psychiatrist and got put on medication but was doing really well after that. But he is threatening he will subpoena my medical records. My mum can confirm I was doing a great job as a mother.
Is there anything I can do? I am desperate to see him and don't know how the whole system works but it sounds like proceedings can drag out for months and maybe years and I don't want to miss half of my son's infancy - is there anything I can do as an emergency?