I remember at a nursery I worked at there was a similar situation (abusive partner) and a grandma ended up with custody of her 2 grand-daughters. It's evident that they're much better off now so if this is the route you end up deciding to go I wish you all the best 

Oh dear Jeanette,
What can you do now? It seems as if tomorrow never comes. I feel so sorry for you.
still not here, just a bt phone text message today to say they will be back tomorrow..how many more texts like that will i get![]()
after everything you've been through with them, he's obviously the little devil on her shoulder begging her to stay for one more day.....
Stay positive and patient - it must be so frustrating
all i can do tomorrow is speak to the social worker to see whats happening there in Manchester, our next step now is to look into custody of the baby, but all this is new ground to me and so its difficult to know who to speak to/where to start etc.

