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Case number 2622-FC00226 now sits before the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, where the formal language of dissolution reduces a marriage to numbered paragraphs and statutory references. The petition, filed February 17, 2026, identifies Mira M. Tucker as petitioner and Brady J. Tucker as respondent, and asks the court to bring their union to a legal end.

Both parties, the filing states, have been residents of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, for more than ninety days preceding the action. They are over the age of 18. Their marriage began on October 10, 2020, registered in Bloomington, Indiana, and the separation occurred on or about January 23, 2026. The petition declares that irreconcilable differences have caused an irretrievable breakdown and that there is no reasonable likelihood the marriage can be preserved.

The document affirms that the petitioner is not pregnant and that neither party is serving on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States or its allies. It further states that no arrangements have been made regarding maintenance and that neither party is in need of such support. Each is described as able-bodied and capable of meeting reasonable needs, and neither seeks attorney fees or court costs from the other.

What remains for the court is property. The petition notes that assets and debts were accumulated during the marriage and requests equitable distribution pursuant to Section 452.330, RSMo. Nonmarital property, it asks, should be set aside to each party as separate property. The relief sought is straightforward: dissolution, division, and any further orders deemed just.

Filings such as this, arriving in the opening weeks of a new year, reflect the procedural rhythm of family law in Missouri. Dates are fixed, conditions affirmed, obligations clarified. The court’s task is not to interpret sentiment but to apply statute, to convert private decisions into public orders, and to close one legal chapter so that another may proceed under defined terms.

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