What is the name of your state?Colorado
I am 28 years old and I want to leave my husband. He and I have been together for 10 years, married for 7. He has always been verbally and physically abusive to me, lately even in front of our children. I have never pressed charges against him because he has threatened to "snap my neck" if I do and I am afraid that he actually will. I have 3 children ages 4, 3, 1. I am wondering about custody and child support. He always tells me that because I am an unemployed homemaker and have no way to support the children that he would get custody and also I wonder if I were to just leave him and go to a shelter would that cause any difficulties in my keeping sole custody of my children? Also is there any way to recieve child support without having to let him hav visitations or do I have to give him some kind of visitation. The reason I ask this is because my children are even frightened of him and I worry about sending them with him and not getting them back. His mother has already helped her daughter hide her children from thier father once before for over 6 weeks and I am terrified of them doing that again.
I am 28 years old and I want to leave my husband. He and I have been together for 10 years, married for 7. He has always been verbally and physically abusive to me, lately even in front of our children. I have never pressed charges against him because he has threatened to "snap my neck" if I do and I am afraid that he actually will. I have 3 children ages 4, 3, 1. I am wondering about custody and child support. He always tells me that because I am an unemployed homemaker and have no way to support the children that he would get custody and also I wonder if I were to just leave him and go to a shelter would that cause any difficulties in my keeping sole custody of my children? Also is there any way to recieve child support without having to let him hav visitations or do I have to give him some kind of visitation. The reason I ask this is because my children are even frightened of him and I worry about sending them with him and not getting them back. His mother has already helped her daughter hide her children from thier father once before for over 6 weeks and I am terrified of them doing that again.