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A marriage that began with ceremony in Butler County in May 2006 now finds its meaning revised in the quieter language of the court. Regina G. Lewis, turning to the Circuit Court of St. Charles County, filed a petition for dissolution of marriage on November 24, 2025, seeking to formally end her marriage to John A. Lewis after nearly two decades defined by shared routines, children, and eventual fracture.

The petition describes a household that has not fully separated in space but has done so in spirit. Although the parties continue to reside together, they are described as having constructively separated in early July 2025. Irreconcilable differences, the filing states, have rendered the marriage irretrievably broken, with no reasonable likelihood of repair.

Two minor children were born of the marriage, and Regina Lewis asks the court to award joint legal and joint physical custody, with John A. Lewis designated as the residential parent for school and mailing purposes, pursuant to a proposed parenting plan. The petition further seeks child support paid through the Family Support Payment Center, retroactive to the date of filing, citing the petitioner’s need for financial assistance and the respondent’s ability to contribute under Missouri guidelines.

Neither party seeks maintenance, and the petition requests that maintenance be denied to both parties on a nonmodifiable basis. Regina Lewis, through her attorney Christopher M. Boedefeld of Baerveldt & Boedefeld, LLC, also asks the court to equitably divide the marital property and debts, set aside each party’s nonmarital property, require each party to pay their own attorney’s fees and costs, and restore her maiden name, Regina Gail Estes.

The petition closes by asking the court for dissolution and any further relief deemed just and proper—an orderly ending to a marriage already living in its aftermath.

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