When an unmarried couple with a child separate, how do you go about dividing possessions, house payments and child custody?

Question Details: My girlfriend has a child with her ex-boyfriend. They were never married. They have a mortgage together, utilities are in her name, and they have not pursued legal custody options. He has become impossible to deal with. Is there a legal way to get her name off the mortgage and utilities? She had made the majority of the payments over time. He lives in the house and she has moved into her own apartment. He let's payments go months unpaid. He has many of her possessions at the house with him. He is becoming verbally violent which is bad for her and her child. Where should she go for legal help

Asked 9/15/2009 under Divorce, Marriage, Alimony | 497 View(s) | More Legal Topics