Protecting my neighbor from abusive husband

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She needs an attorney to leave properly.

She has one but this area is a joke. He's getting nothing done and now her husband has temporary control over the house AND kids. This state is evil! We have those outer suburb problems. Richest county in the US but with the most conservatives in court apparently. We can't go into the court room with her or help her sort through discovery but he can have support?!?! It makes me sick.

She needs a new attorney. I recommend Claudia Greeves at Hawk Law in Fairfax. She's very good and sensitive to situations like this: https://www.hawklawva.com/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As the neighbor, you can help by installing recording doorbells cameras that point at their house. If you capture anything on video, make sure neighbor can use it legally.

We're also friends and we all have cameras but none of them show him acting in a way that is useful to this case. The entire street pours over footage but it's infuriating. He goes to work, comes home, works on house or yard, and nothing. He's so careful not to do anything out of line in the view of our cameras.

LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish you were my neighbor OP. I am in the same situation. My parents are local and even they don’t want to get involved bc spouse is so unpleasant. I am really on my own dealing with a mentally ill spouse who will not accept that I do not want to be married to him.

I'd be your tribe!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The hard truth is your friend is going to have to sacrifice and give up a lot to leave him. Even if he is abusive she will lose her standard of living and probably half of custody since courts don’t care about spousal abuse the my won’t restrict unless he is also abusing the children AND she has proof.

Until she can accept those losses she’s stuck in this situation.

This. And if she wants to leave, she needs another attorney.

[Anonymous]

Maybe the police weren’t interested in the “video evidence” because it wasn’t that compelling (probably some dumb argument recorded on a smartphone) and the “entire street” needs a new hobby.

Maybe bocce?