It's actually not the father of my children the reason I have been saying the other party or the other person instead of saying him or her is because it's a her. I am married to the father of my children have been for eight years happily at that. And she has been charged with so many things at different times it's not real in and out of jail. Somehow she always seems to come out better than anyone else could. I think the most she has done is 10 months. I don't want to put all of her business out there but she has been charged with child molestation and did not do jail time for it she should have been charged with abuse of her children along with other things.. this is why I am so scared for my children because I know what she has done to her own. Not to mention all the drug charges she has had. And I know that drugs can make people out of their mind and do crazy things is another reason it terrifies me. I'm not a horrible person it could look just one-sided but the matter of the fact is yes my husband was with her before we got married everybody has a past I do believe people can change if they really want to but the fact that we are still dealing with the mess shows that she does not want to and we've gave her seven years to try to be in his life and change to be there for him before we decided do what we have to do with the family lawyer. I do believe that the system is really screwed being that she left her child when he was 2 he is now 11. she has had no contact with him except for stalking us. it was very hard for my husband to get custody of him in the beginning they wanted him to pay child support but would not just give him custody of his own child because he had to prove paternity even though he was paying child support. The point is I don't have time for drama or craziness I am focused on protecting my kids and taking care of my family with as little drama as possible. And I just wanted to know what was within my legal rights when it comes to protecting mine. With that being said I have talked on other groups that have gave me a lot more support and I have discovered that I can get pepper spray or other things to use before I would have to even reach for my firearm. I was also informed the putting a camera up would help is well when it came to proving I had no other choice if I had to.This is a one-sided story completely from your side. Go ahead and find a reason to shoot the father of your children, you'll get no sympathy from me