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I really need some advice if anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate. I am not married but been with my partner for 11 years we have two boys 1 and 4 and have recently split up. The build up to this has been quite horrendous as we had an argument one morning and our neighbors called the police about this. The police came to my place of work, I'm a teacher so was not best pleased but said they could see I had called the police a few weeks before and this neighbor had been cautioned and they could see this was a [censored] for tat situation. Anyway a few weeks later my partner and I again got into an argument and this time she called the police claiming common assault. I was arrested and realized without charge but when I return home my partner refused to let me back into the house and again the police had to be called to allow me entry and get some things. Whilst there my keys had been hidden and my partner denied hiding them. After repeated questioning from the officer she admitted she had hid them and only after being told by the officer she had to give them back did I get them back. I then left and have stayed away for a few weeks. We have tried mediation but she has cancelled or tuned up but we have had separate sessions and I have had no feedback as to what her session has been for. I am paying for all house bills and am happy to do this but have said to her I will be returning home to live in an office I have at the bottom of the garden which I do not feel is unreasonable. Again I am receiving numerous texts to tell me I cannot come home, I am not welcome I am too volatile and the police will be called. I believe I am entitled to live there and I am not being unreasonable with staying in the garden but if she continues to call the police and harass me do I have any rights and what is others opinion of this situation? She is also calling all the shots in regard sot seeing my children allowing me to see one and not the other or when I turn up not being there. I just feel quite lost and do not want to make the situation any worse than what it is but also want to sort things out as quickly as possible and without as little damage as possible to my children.
I think you need to speak with a solicitor. Most firms offer a free initial 45 minute consultation, which should be enough for them to advise you on your rights.
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