Welcome to the DAD.Info forum: Important Information – open to read:
Our forum aims to provide support and guidance where it can, however we may not always have the answer. The forum is not moderated 24 hours a day, so If you – or someone you know – are being harmed or in immediate danger of being harmed, call the police on 999.
Alternatively, if you are in crisis, please call Samaritans on 116 123.
If you are worried about you or someone you know is at risk of harm, please click here: How we can help
Hi, just looking for some advice really I'm married have 2 step sons11&15 and a son nearly 3, recently my wife has been acting differently towards my son he's not been well so took him doctors I always look after him when He's Ill and he has woken up screaming for his mom all she did was shout at him telling him to shut up and passed him back to me then the following day I asked if she could get time off work to look after him as its hard for me to get time off (only 2 of us work at my place) she refused and she is always snapping at him I feel like leaving and taking him with me any legal advice on if I could do that or not?
Hi There,
.
I would suggest before you do anything like that maybe look into relationship counselling to see if you can get things back on track with your partner.
.
If you do run away, you will most likely make things very difficult for yourself as your partner will probably report you and then there is no going back with the 2 of you, if you run away with him and she manages to find you and involve the police ect then your son goes back to live with her, your contact is going to be difficult as even if you go to court they will feel there is a risk of you running again.
.
Try counselling for the 2 of you and see if that helps.
.
GTTS
You should go and speak to your sons Health Visitor and GP, they may be able to help, but at least your concerns would be on record.
Have you spoken to her about her behaviour towards him, this would be the first step. If you want to leave then you should sit down and discuss the implications, she may well agree that your son should live with you... but as GTTS says, it's not a good idea to just up and leave.
All the best
Welcome to the DAD.info forum.
We don’t like to set ‘rules’, but to make sure that you and the other dads are kept safe, we have some requests. When engaging with the forum, please be aware of the following:
- The forum is not moderated 24 hours per day.
- Many of the moderators do so on a voluntary basis. Whilst they may be able to provide some guidance, advice or support, they may not be able to deal with specifics.
- We are not an emergency crisis service so if you or someone else is in immediate danger, please call emergency services.
- If you are concerned about the safety of a child, please click here to find the support you can get for them (link to new page)
- If you are in crisis, please call Samaritans on 116 123. They are open 24 hours a day, 7 days per week.
We hope you find this forum a supportive environment and thank you for joining us.