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What began briefly and burned quickly now returns to the place where it was first recorded, seeking formal conclusion under the law. Alexis Martina Gallup, a resident of Independence, Missouri, filed a petition for dissolution of marriage in the Circuit Court of Jackson County on November 26, 2025, asking the court to dissolve her marriage to Mason Christopher Gallup, a Kansas resident, after a union that lasted scarcely more than a season.

The parties were married on September 7, 2024, in Independence, Missouri, and separated less than three months later, on or about December 7, 2024. Since that time, the petition states, they have not acted as husband and wife. No children were born of the marriage, and the petitioner affirms that she is not pregnant. Neither party seeks maintenance, each asserting the ability to support themselves through their own income.

Through her attorney, Sharlie Pender of the Law Office of Sharlie Pender, Alexis Gallup asks the court to formally dissolve the marriage on the grounds of irreconcilable differences, which the filing describes as having led to an irretrievable breakdown with no reasonable likelihood of preservation. The petition further states that all marital property and debts have already been divided by agreement, leaving nothing for the court to apportion, though it nevertheless requests approval of any property settlement should one be presented.

Among the specific relief sought, the petitioner asks that her maiden name, Alexis Martina Johnston, be restored, that each party be responsible for their own attorney’s fees and costs, and that the court grant any further relief deemed just and appropriate. In this filing, the law is asked not to untangle a long life shared, but to close the door cleanly on one that scarcely had time to take root.

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