How to prepare to leave home safely
If you are preparing to leave your partner, it is a good idea to make a plan of what can be done before you leave and what you are going to take with you when you go.
If it is safe to do so, you should take anything you need or think you may need when you go because you may not be able to return to your home safely, and your ex-partner may destroy or hide items that they know you will want.
Create a 72-hour kit. Your kit should contain essential items (copies of identification and health cards for you and your children, changes of clothing for all of you, medication, etc.) to get you through a few days if you have to leave in a hurry.
Put it in a safe location from which it will be easy to retrieve:
- at work
- with a trusted friend or family member
- in a safety deposit box at your new bank
If you leave in a hurry because it is not safe for you to stay, you may be unable to do these things, and that is okay. Everything can be sorted out later, when you and the children are in a safe place.
Always remember
Your safety and the safety of your children is more important than any document or possession, no matter how treasured it may be.
The content from this blog post is from Family Court And Beyond. Family Court and Beyond is a family court survival workbook for women leaving abusive relationships.
