Dear Maiamoon,
Welcome to the Parents Board. I can see that you must be very shocked and no doubt upset and scared by the police investigating your husband for down loading indecent images and children services being involved with your children.
Your husband has been asked to leave the family home while the police carry out their investigation. This usually happens-until children services have a better idea of whether your husband could be risky to your children.
They will only know this after the police have completed their investigation and after your husband has been risk assessed.
If he was assessed as low risk and you were both cooperating with children services, then I would expect that he would be able to move back into the family home at some point in the future.
The police investigation includes forensically examining all the devices (computers, phones etc) and this can take many months.
This may mean you are left alone for a while to bring up your children which can be extremely difficult as well as being separated from your husband. Do you have any family or friend support here?
You could ask the social worker whether your husband can come to your home-when the children are at school. Or could you or a friend or family member be assessed to supervise your husband with your children?
This might make things a lot easier for you.
The Just stop it now! helpline on 0808 100 900 and the
Parents Protect website
have information about these assessments and plans.
Can you send your children abroad?
Your question is whether you can send your children to live with family overseas? As you are married, both you and your husband will have the legal
parental responsibility for your children. So both of you can make a decision about sending your children abroad.
Only if one of you disagreed, would a court order be needed. See the
Rights of Women website.
However, because children’s services are carrying out an assessment, you should let them know, if you decide to send your children to live abroad.
In some circumstances, for example, where there is a child protection plan, you
must let the social worker know. The social worker will then decide whether to carry out checks on where your children will be moving to and may inform the local authorities in the country where you relatives live.
Here is
information about child protection.
But even if there are no child protection plans, children services are still involved and so will be worried if your children are no longer living with you.
It may raise much more serious worries, which may mean children’s services becoming more heavily involved. To avoid this, it is always better to let children services know your plans.
If you have any questions please do post back or you could call our free and confidential advice line on 0808 801 0366.
Best wishes,
Suzie