If you are experiencing any type of domestic violence (whether actual physical contact or suffering substantial emotional distress from threats of violence/harassment as legally defined), you should contact the police as well as try to file for a Domestic Violence Protection Order (aka restraining order/no contact order/50B order). In addition to getting a court order for the other person to stay away, depending on the facts, you can also make that apply to the children as well as seek temporary custody. You can also consider filing for a "Divorce from Bed and Board" based on domestic violence to get a court order to force a separation and the wrong doer to move out immediately. You should consult with an attorney about all such options ASAP.
Answered on May 29th, 2013 at 7:33 PM