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A marriage that began in Tennessee in the summer of 2021 is now the subject of a dissolution filing in Missouri. Court records from the Circuit Court of St. Charles County show that Lacey Chela Cockrell has petitioned for the end of her marriage to John Clinton Cockrell Jr., initiating proceedings that place the matter before the court for review.
The petition, verified and sworn before a notary on March 3, 2026, outlines the basic facts of the union and its current status. The couple married on August 17, 2021, in Clarksville, Tennessee, where the marriage was registered. According to the filing, the parties separated in or around June 2025. The petition further states that there were no children born of the marriage and that the petitioner is not currently pregnant.
The filing notes that both parties have accumulated property and obligations during the course of the marriage. It asks the court to determine whether any marital settlement agreement reached by the parties would be unconscionable, and if none exists, to divide marital property and debts in a fair and equitable manner. The petition also states that neither party should receive maintenance, asserting that each has sufficient financial resources and the capacity to provide for their own support.
At the center of the petition is the claim that the marriage is irretrievably broken and that there is no reasonable likelihood it can be preserved. The court is asked to dissolve the marriage, address the division of assets and obligations, and grant any additional relief deemed appropriate under Missouri law.
Filings of this kind often arrive quietly, entering the record as the year moves forward and households recalibrate after a separation. With the petition submitted in mid-February, the case now moves into the routine processes of the court, where questions of property, responsibility, and final orders are addressed through established legal procedures.
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