Thanks for all the replies, sorry its taken me so long to get back, I can't always get the time to get online. I'm scared to ask him to leave, as he has become very violent in the past and I'm frightened of him. I never know if he's going to kick off. So afters lots of thought. I'm going to leave the house and then get the police to evict him. I feel this is the safest way for me to do this and for my children. I don't need them or want them to witness anymore chaos. So I'm going to leave for a few days. I have to wait though as I have dogs and would never leave them in the house in that situation either as they would be the first things he would hurt while I wasn't here. I know how he's going to react. All I have to do is save a few pennies to put them into kennels for a week and I can be free. I feel better but still scared that I have a plan.