I (F23) found a gun my husband (M30) has to disrupt our divorce

This is my first post on this sub. Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome. <x> </x><br><br>My husband and I have been married 8 years. We have a 4yo son. He was already in AA when we met, but is back in it now. He was a stoner when we met, but has since transitioned to heroin and then fentanyl. He’s been to rehab twice and I am now going through what is supposed to be our final divorce.<br><br>Up until a few days ago, I did not feel the need to end the marriage because <(without going into too much detail) > he was a functioning addict and had never hit me or abused our child. He was always a shit father though, and the choices he made were putting our home in danger weekly. He also found a new AA sponsor that we both have come to dislike for telling him that he does not have to do anything he disagrees with.<br><br>He came home one night and acted like he owned the place. Dirty and smelly and stunk up our home. He turned on our stove to cook something and left it on when he left, which is a huge fire hazard. I told him that this could not go on anymore and that I wanted to end the marriage to be safe and secure. He was shocked and said I’d be sorry and regret it and that he’d fight with everything he had for our son.<br><br>3 days later, police were at my door, and I was served papers. They were divorce papers, but also papers for a restraining order. He told the police that I was a danger to him, which was a lie. I never even raised my voice in front of him. I find this laughable and will probably be dropped because I’m the victim here. However, I’m terrified of him now. He’s accusing me of all sorts of things that are not true, and he’s told my own father that he’s scared of me! He’s even told my son that it’s my fault he’s not allowed in our home anymore and that he’s very angry with me.<br><br>The lawyer I hired <(a female lawyer) > has been very kind and made sure to address all my concerns. She has gotten a motion in to the court to allow me to go home and get all my clothing and other essentials. (I took my son to my parents after my soon to be ex was served and I did not feel comfortable to go back to my own home. My parents have been gracious enough to take me in and so have the parents of my boyfriend, despite neither of them being too fond of him, but that’s for another post.) He had already moved out weeks ago, so it’s not like he’ll be there.<br><br>Today I had my young boyfriend <(M20) > go to my home and look for anything my husband had written down about me. And that’s when my boyfriend found it. Under the floorboards in our son’s room, literally, next to the bed. A handwritten note. “I will kill you if I don’t come home and find you where you belong.” I am going to take this note to my lawyer tomorrow and then to the police.<br><br>I have dread in my stomach. I’ve read story after story on this sub of husbands shooting their wives who become inconvenient and usually the child( ren ) as well. It’s happened at my own university. And now I’m in this situation and this note was written <(and hidden) > in the room MY CHILD SLEEPS IN.<br><br>I’m going to my lawyer first thing tomorrow with this and then to the police. I’m not sure if a handwritten note in my home is enough to get him arrested. Am I overreacting?