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In the sweltering heat of Jackson County, Missouri, the curtain rises on a tale of marital collapse as Carie Marie Hollyday files for the dissolution of her marriage to Matthew Lynn Hollyday on July 9, 2024. With the ink barely dry on their marriage certificate from August 25, 2012, this saga unfolds like a fever dream from a war zone.
Carie, now a resident of Jackson County since June 29, 2024, after fleeing Sarasota County, Florida, clutches her petition with a blend of desperation and resolve. She stands unemployed and financially destitute, represented by Michael S. Smith of the Law Office of Michael S. Smith, LLC. Matthew, entrenched in Cass County, Missouri, is the designated provider, his financial stability starkly contrasting Carie’s dire straits.
Their union, already fractured by a separation in June 2023, produced two children, whose lives have been uprooted from Florida to Missouri under Carie’s custody. The petition paints a bleak landscape of shared marital assets and debts, pleading for a just division, maintenance, and child support from Matthew. The document’s gravity is punctuated by Carie’s affidavit, a solemn declaration of the truth.
The courtroom becomes an arena where Carie seeks joint custody but with her address as the epicenter for their children’s schooling and correspondence. The proposed parenting plan, child support retroactive to the filing date, and wage withholding for Matthew’s obligations are laid bare in this legal battleground. The Hollyday marriage, now irretrievably broken, demands the court’s decisive hammer to seal its fate.
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