Need advice how to find legal aid or low-cost help for divorce, emotional abuse involved.
I am pregnant, my husband keeps me worse than a pet, took all the money from our joint account (I have $4 left!). I have a job and don't want to lose it, so shelter is not a choice.
Thank you!

Need advice how to find legal aid or low-cost help for divorce, emotional abuse involved.
I am pregnant, my husband keeps me worse than a pet, took all the money from our joint account (I have $4 left!). I have a job and don't want to lose it, so shelter is not a choice.
Thank you!
You may want to get in touch with associated Catholic charities, and I do not know if it even exits in California, but there is a program here that is called Project Save that helps people in your situation. Try calling the Catholic church in your area.

Thank you for responce!
I've heard about Chatolic charities providing help, but cannot find anything really fitting to my need around my area.
There is some kind of help center at local court, but they work from 8:30 to noon on first-come-first serve basic. I am working 8 hours a day, quite far away from the court, and this is a new job, which I don't want to lose (enough, that every week I have doctor's appointment)...
Have no idea what I am going to do.
BTW, Beenthere, if you don't mind to share your story - how did you get out of there?

Another question - to everyone who knows - how do I create an evidence of emotional abuse? Even if what he is doing to me is worse then beating, how do I prove the harm?!

Thanks!
Gina

Emotional abuse is hard to prove. It is helpful if you have a friend with whom youcan discuss this with. Have her over to your house alot. You may let her listen to your phone conversations or tape your conversations with your abuser. Let people know what is going on. If there is a special policewomen or man that deals only in abuse situations that is very helpful too. Verbal abuse can lead to physical abuse. Let as many people as possible know what is going on.

If you are in counselling then that will help to prove that emotional abuse is involved.

Also, try to live with a friend or relative.

Thank you all!
No way to bring anyone home without his permission - of course, I don't have one.
What friends... he deciedes what time I can go to sleep and if I should get a haircut or not. I can imagine what would happen, if I bring someone home.
So I will try counselling, great idea. I guees I really need some, not just for the proof of abuse...