My 5 year old daughter saw my (ex) husband (30M) assault me (25F)today and I don't know how to support her.

I am still a little shook up but just to provide some background, my husband and I currently in a pretty serious custody/divorce battle. I have always been the passive one but after years of being told that I would amount to nothing, I finally had enough and moved out with my daughter.

Well, today hit a boiling point. I went to serve my soon to be es husband paperwork for child support and he refused to take it. I also was going to pick up my daughter from him after she spent some time with him so she was in the vehicle when all of this went down. Anyways, instead of taking the papers like he usually does, he flings the thick dossier of papers right at my face....in front of my daughter. He then zipped away before I could do anything about it. When I got into my vehicle my daughter was inside because she was so scared. We cried a little bit together and I went to the police station to file a report. Unfortunately, the police officer said that there wouldn't be enough evidence to charge my ex even though my cheek is bruised and swollen.

Im still trying to process everything but when my ex called to talk to my daughter, he was happy and generally acted like nothing happened which made my daughter confused. He also had his new girlfriend try to talk to her which led her to just pass the phone to me because she didnt want to talk to him anymore.

That being said, my heart is breaking for her. I dont know what I should be doing for her: if I should maybe find her a therapist to talk to, try to talk to her myself or if I should confront my ex about it. Im at a loss but I am I don't want her to be left out. Our custody hearing will be happening in a week or so and I dont even know if I can bring it up since the officers wont charge him. She hasn't talked much since she has gotten home and I am at a loss with how I should support her.

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TL;DR: My soon to be ex husband threw a giant file of paperwork right at my face in front of my daughter, bruising my face. She cried, I cried and now she wont talk. What can I do to support her?

Submitted August 25, 2019 at 07:50PM by BubblyConfusion158 https://ift.tt/343n07I