I was with my ex-husband for 13 years and came into the relationship with my own place and my own business. In the years before separation, I had years of expensive IVF treatment and then treatment for cancer, so I’d been working casually. I was working four to...
** This story includes descriptions of domestic and family violence ** I think there’s an element of financial grooming before financial abuse actually happens because in the early days of our relationship, Jacob paid for everything and splashed money...
8 February, 2022 – More than 700 women leaving an abusive partner are expected to benefit from grants of up to $5,000 as part of the NSW Government’s Return to Work program. Women who are currently staying in a domestic violence refuge in NSW will be...
Lainie was with her husband from her late teens to her late 30s and had two children with him. She experienced coercive control including economic abuse which continues to the present day. Her now ex-husband hasn’t seen their kids in more than 10 years and owes her...
** This story includes descriptions of domestic and family violence ** Toby and I got together in the early 90s in NZ and divorced after we’d been together more than 20 years. After the divorce, it still continued. To this day I get debt collectors and people...
** Contains descriptions of domestic violence and abuse ** The financial abuse I experienced was after we split. There’d been little things beforehand, psychological things, or he’d grab my hand really hard or leave a bruise on my leg. I’d excuse it because he...
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