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The address is the same for both parties: 411 W. 60th Terrace in Kansas City. In a petition filed February 2, 2026, in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, Angel L. Allen asked a judge to dissolve her marriage to Elton Allen, asserting that the relationship is irretrievably broken and that there remains no reasonable likelihood it can be preserved.
The filing states that Angel L. Allen has been a Missouri resident for more than 90 days preceding the commencement of the proceeding, residing in Jackson County. It makes the same representation as to Elton Allen. The couple was married May 23, 2008, in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, where the marriage is registered.
Although the parties have not physically separated, the petition says that as of the date it was signed they had ceased living together as husband and wife. There were no children born or adopted of the relationship, and the petitioner is not pregnant. Neither party is on active duty in the Armed Forces. The petition further invokes Missouri statute to prohibit termination of health, dental or vision insurance coverage during the pendency of the proceeding.
Angel L. Allen states that she lacks sufficient property to meet her reasonable needs and is unable to support herself through appropriate employment, and that Elton Allen has the ability to contribute to those needs. She seeks maintenance in an amount reasonable under the circumstances. The filing asks the court to divide marital assets and debts in a just and equitable manner if no Marital Settlement Agreement is reached, to set aside non-marital property to each party, and to deny attorney’s fees to both sides except under specified conditions related to conduct during litigation.
Dissolution petitions often compress years into numbered paragraphs—residency, marriage date, separation status, financial claims—before handing the matter to the court. This filing places the next phase in the hands of a judge, where questions of support, property, and final orders will be resolved through the routine mechanisms of Missouri family law.
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