HOW TO GET DIVORCED IF YOU ARE STUCK IN AN ABUSIVE MARRIAGE - IN THE USA So you know that your relationship with your husband is not working. You have tried therapy. Or you know that you can't bring this up because he is either emotionally controlling, controlling of money, or physically abusive, you can't communicate with him, or he will become paranoid if you even mention it. It is important that you understand that there are emergency shelters that will temporarily house you and your kids, while he is removed from the house by court order. Mme says he here but it could also be a she abuser..... There are laws (only in the US)   that make it possible to force him to leave very quickly - immediately. They also mandate that he pay you temporarily child support and or alimony, until the divorce goes before a court. How do I know, Mme Dr Gustave hath done it herself. If he does not pay, they will arrest him and or take his license a