not a first offence. whoever is envolved with the courts/solicitor etc has told her shes looking at 6 months.

i think they have been round but not involved. she hasnt been to court yet but they reckon she is going to go to prison for 6months or more. ive not approached social services and not been involved...i take it i should contact social services then? thanks.

Hello, i need advice on what to do about my children and ex-partner who is going to prison for 6 months or more for assault. she does not work and lives in social housing with my 2 children and another younger child from another relationship that has since finished. she wants me to leave my job and private rented 1 bedroom flat and go and live at her 3 bed social housing house until she gets out of prison..which of course i will not agree to as i am not on her rent book, i dont have a car to get to work and she lives over 30 miles away. i would like to know how i go about getting custody of my children so they can live with me? (a boy and a girl) how i can get them to a local school so they can go to after school clubs so that i dont have to finish work early? would i be able to get social housing as we cant all live in a 1 bedroom flat that i privately rent? do i have to get advice from social services? any help please. thanks