Living with someone who has been abusive towards you can make you feel unsafe in your own home. The law can help to protect you and your children, and it may be possible to get the abuser to leave the family home with an occupation order.
What is an occupation order?
An occupation order gives you the right to occupy your home and forces the abusive person to live elsewhere.
It can be a fairly short-term thing, and the maximum amount of time that the order can be in place is six months at a time. However, if you still feel unsafe after six months, we can ask the court to extend it.
