Cross, SC asked in Family Law and Domestic Violence for South Carolina

Q: Not married but have children and have lived together for almost 15 years.

My long term boyfriend who is also the father of my kids is extremely verbally abusive and occasionally physically abusive to me over his paranoid insecurities. Several police reports have been filed and he was even arrested but not charged in one case. I just want him to move out of the home that we currently live in and are purchasing. Neither one of us is on the mortgage as we took it over from someone who is now deceased. Is it possible to make him have to move as I'm the only employed one and pay all the bills.

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A: Your only option at this moment in time (given coronavirus closures) is to file a petition for an order of protection or to move out yourself. If you can't afford a local attorney to help with this, sclegal.org assists people with this issue if you qualify.

Good luck to you.

Ryan D Templeton agrees with this answer

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