I'm in need of an answer my wife and I are separted after having a huge fight over her bulimiau. I called the police and ended up in jail for assault, she had a protective order put on me which stated I couldn't come within 200 yds of our property and had the children listed as well on the order. I have had contact with her since all of this has happened and tried to work all of this out, trying to get our family back. To make a long story short I end up going back and trying to make things work and she tells me that she had been sleeping around in the past and told me to leave. I had no choice had to go somewhere else. So we talk more trying to heal this gaping wound in our marriage, I just want the truth. I come home Friday she has to work so I watch the kids while I was there I find some guys clothes under the sink, so when she calls I ask her about it and she said it was a girfriends that she had borrowed and nothing to worry about. She calls back again and says that she had yet another one night stand. She is supposed to be off work by 10:30 t hat night and never comes home. Saturday won't talk to me , Sunday finally I contact her @ 4:00 in the afternoon, she is in Dallas supposedly broke down. Do I have any right to file child abandonment charges, what do I need to do??

Consult legal counsel. This looks to be turning very ugly.

Document, any way you can, her involvement with these others. Unless she said that out of spite. But confiscate the clothing you found and turn it over to your lawyer. That could be used as evidence later.

Contact Child Protective Services.

When was the protective order placed and is it still in affect? If it is, you may have a problem being "home with the children." How is your relationship with the children? Can the children go to another reasonable family member if you cannot assume custody?