She gone Mad

[Boobars]

My partners ex as just informed him that she has given back a large three bedroom house to the council, and moved in to her boyfiends house ( a two bedroom house) . His children have informed him that they are sleeping in the lounge. He has 3 children with her and she has 1 child with her new partner her new partner also has a child from a previous relationship (a total of 5 children). Does anyone know what he can do about it?

[Pigletion]

It would depend if she has legal custody and whether they were conditions on her having it, i.e. appropriate accommodation for the children.

If he thinks the situation is now inappropriate, he would have to challenge the custody on these grounds (or apply for custody if it is an informal arrangement at present). The law may not think it is inappropriate, you would have to find out the legalities, as many people use a downstairs room as a separate bedroom (at uni people often converted the lounge into two bedrooms with a curtain!).

I don't see that he could force her to try and re-get a bigger council house (who's list she will be further down now) unless she sees it as the only way he won't try and take the children.

The Citizens Advice Bureau (http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/) provide free and confidential advice, so they could advise of all the avenues open to you and your partner. They would also know the exact laws regarding children and overcrowding.

Good luck

[Velvetee]

Jeez, why are women like this, inconveniencing their kids, because they are desperate to be with a man.

That living arrangement sounds unacceptable, you'd think if she desperately needed to live with this man, he'd have moved into her large 3 bedroom home. She sounds like a drippy bint!

[pinktwink]

yes given the gender and age of the children it may be entirely inappropriate. your partner can apply for full custody or report the matter to social services

[Boobars]

Thanks for this. He consulted a solicitor who has told him that she can move into her boyfrineds house even thou it sounds a bit mad to go smaller reather than large (the House) and that she can also move their school and his partental responiblity means she has to inform him of this. he can not stop her moving them out of school or even have much of a say in which school they attend. Unless he fights it through court !. He is deciding what to do about this. His main concern is the children how they are in themselves and such like. its a very strange case.
As a mother myself I cannot see why she would move out of a house which is in her name the cheapest form of rent you can get. to move into a house that is not hers at all. Bloody mad.