Navigating a Difficult Co-Parenting Situation with an Abusive Ex

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This post highlights the immense challenges faced by a single mother dealing with an abusive ex-partner. The core issues include:

Child Safety and Custody Battles: The mother is struggling to protect her two young daughters (ages 6 and 2) from an abusive father, detailing a history of domestic and verbal abuse. She expresses frustration with the legal system’s perceived failures (GAL not doing their job) and the financial burden of refiling for legal protection.
Legal Custody Misunderstandings: The ex-partner is using his legal fatherhood status to assert rights, even though the mother has primary physical placement and joint legal custody implies shared decision-making, not automatic access. The mother emphasizes her safety concerns make physical placement with him unsuitable.
Ongoing Manipulation and Threats: The post details a pattern of psychological abuse, including using the children as leverage, threats of taking the children, falsely claiming instability, threats of self-harm, and emotional blackmail after infidelity.
External Pressure: The abusive ex is now using his other baby mama and daughter, as well as potentially family members, to pressure the mother.

The main topic is the emotional and legal turmoil of co-parenting with an abusive individual, the struggle against systemic failures, and the constant manipulation tactics employed by the ex. A snugs.ai article could address strategies for dealing with such situations, focusing on safety, legal recourse, emotional resilience, and how AI parenting assistants can offer support in managing schedules, communication, and information related to co-parenting disputes, while emphasizing the importance of professional legal and therapeutic advice.

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