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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stop asking her and have her served with the papers.  That should force the ball rolling and help avoid issue of abandonment.[/quote]\

My lawyer already sent her the separation agreement. Cant serve the divorce papers until we have been separated for a full year.[/quote]

Move out. You can get a hearing on temporary custody and support while you wait out the separation.

Or take the locks off the door and go sit in the room with them.[/quote]

+1.  I would have either pulled the locks off or taken the doors off the hinges in this situation to see my kid.

It also sounds like you need a better lawyer.  You didn't say what jurisdiction you're in but I am really surprised that your lawyer can't come up with a better option than just passively trying to get her to sign the papers.  [/quote]

In Maryland at least, this is pretty much the way it works. Can’t do much other than go to mediation/try to get a signed agreement but even that doesn’t mean much until you can actually file after one year separation. There is no “legal” separation and you’re essentially at each other’s mercy if you’re acrimonious. These threads come up a lot and everyone’s advice is to speak to a lawyer, which is absolutely true, but other than drafting the agreement and pressuring the other party to sign and thus abide by it, you’re SOL. [/quote]

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