Abusive Boyfriend?

My boyfriend and I have been together seventeen years and have two children together. My daughter is fifteen and my son is thirteen with PDD; which is a form of autism.

He's always been verbally abusive and has hit me several times. It's not often, but he started doing it in front of the children. My son witnessed him hit my head on the counter. He's smacked me, punched me, kicked me down to the floor, thrown water bottles at me, and threatened to throw my dog away. He calls me an idiot and belittles me in front of the kids and brainwashes them into thinking I love the dog more. He actually tells them I love the animals more than them.

His mother also brainwashes them and belittles me and yells at me in front of them. Now he told my kids we are moving to Florida along with his mother and told me I don't have to go, but the kids are going. He says if I want a court battle I'll lose. I'm so scared of losing my kids. Please help.

By Danielle