I may be misunderstanding you, but I thought Croatia was her home country. So wouldn't that make him the geographically and financially isolated one, giving her the upper hand?
When he was dependent upon her translation work, she had the upper hand and it probably bothered him to no end.
But what I mean is the common assumption is that they live at her parent’s home IN Sisak. But they actually live in a small village outside Sisak. He at least up until recently lived in central Zagreb. She has two small children to care for and I’m not even sure she has a car or at least a dependable one. Being that neither of them have worked a secular job in years, it is Lloyd that holds the strings on any finances they have with his grift.
Approaching 40 with two small children in an isolated location is not a desirable situation to be in no matter how you look at it. It’s his only means by which he holds any sway over her and I’m sure he’s moved all the funds into his personal account now they are “separated”.
Ggg