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I have been married for 17 years and have 4 children ranging in age from 16 down to 6. My husband has mentally abused me from the beginning and now I have anxiety and panic disorder which requires me to take medication everyday. My children have been effected by his abuse and my oldest had to go to therapy about two years ago. Our house is constantly filled with tension. My husband and I no longer sleep in the same bed and he is never in the same room as me. He hibernates in the rec room downstairs and only comes out to eat or go to bed. The only time he has contact with the kids is when they go into the rec room. He tells me he will not leave because we are his family and he is not deserting us. At one point I went and saw a lawyer about how to get him out of the house, I was told I would have to sleep somewhere else but could be at the house during the day, I then filed separation papers on him and had him served, but my older children get very upset because I wasn't there at night. They weren't sleeping and my youngest would get up in the middle of the night looking for me, so I talked to my lawyer about how to handle this and was told if I wanted him out, I had to stay out. My kids are my world because I basically have raised them alone, so I told the lawyer I couldn't do that. I was then told I didn't have a case. I want to know if I could get a temporary restraining order for mental abuse? I need to do something or I will never get over my anxiety and panic, and I know his verbal abuse to me over the years has effected my two oldest children already, I don't want my two youngest to fall into the same waters. What can I do? My husband said that the only way I would be able to get rid of him would be the TRO because otherwise he said he would stalk me. Please reply asap, I'm going nuts!
[Edited by raw on 11-29-2000 at 04:11 AM]
[Edited by raw on 11-29-2000 at 04:11 AM]