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Hi fellow dads,
Thanks so much for reading my story
I have a lovely young daughter and a nightmare partner my daughter was born in Scotland and we are both on the birth certificate although not married.
We have some debts but I am paying them down slowly as I have a not bad job.
I believe for years when she was younger my partner took a lot of drugs and this has affected her personality and is always angry.
Since she moved in she has been verbally abusive, very disrespectful to my house, on 3 occasions she has got so drunk that she has been sick all over the bed and bedroom floor I have pictures of one time this happened
I have a recording of her being very abusive and swearing constantly
She wants to be away on holiday constantly or back on the isle of man where she is from although brought no money to the table and we cant afford this all the time.
She took my daughter away back to Isle of man for 4 weeks recently but she is back now and I know it will never last so I want to know what to do as I don’t want a court battle in the isle of man Id rather it were in Scotland.
Im sure I still have no chance of keeping my daughter but would love to get full custody.
Any help advice is very welcome
Hi there
If you were to split up I would assume that she would go back to the Isle of Man, it would be very difficult to prevent this IMO. If that were to happen then any court proceedings would inevitably take place where she and the child lives.
It might be advisable to take some advice on this, you can contact a legal advice line in Scotland via this link
www.sclc.org.uk
Here in England many solicitors offer a free initial consultation, this might be useful to find out what your next step could be.
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