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If one were in Plan B and clearly ready to file for divorce after attempting to recover the marriage, but the spouse does not have a job and I have a good job, in the interest of financial protection/advantage, should I wait until the spouse has a job before doing it?

What about this one: I'm going into Plan B, and my spouse's birthday is coming up. Should I acknowledge the birthday? What if we have a child; should the child acknowledge the spouse's birthday while I'm in Plan B?

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Spacecase:
If one were in Plan B and clearly ready to file for divorce after attempting to recover the marriage, but the spouse does not have a job and I have a good job, in the interest of financial protection/advantage, should I wait until the spouse has a job before doing it?</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Here the services of a competent attorney would probably be needed before proceeding to implement Plan B under those circumstances.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">What about this one: I'm going into Plan B, and my spouse's birthday is coming up. Should I acknowledge the birthday? What if we have a child; should the child acknowledge the spouse's birthday while I'm in Plan B?</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">No you should not personally acknowledge her birthday because an important component of Plan B is no contact with the WS, except where it involves important child related issues and there are no individuals to play the role as intermediaries.

The child is NOT in Plan B and thus is exempt from no contact with the WS parent. If the child wishes to acknowledge the WS parent's b-day, then the BS should assist the child in contacting the WS parent and assist the child in purchasing a gift for the WS parent. If the BS choses to do otherwise, then the BS is willfully chosing to damage the relationship between the WS parent and the child.


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