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Judge Moves to Allow Plea by Wife of Ex-Enron Officer

The timing is an impediment to a deal largely because of personal reasons. The Fastows are the parents of two young sons, and they are insisting that they serve their sentences at different times so that one of them will be available to care for the children.

“If Andy, her husband, has to go to jail at some time, we don’t want the children to be without parents,” Mike DeGeurin, one of Mrs. Fastow’s lawyers, told reporters outside the courthouse. “For reasons I don’t want to go too much into right now, five months will work.”