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It was on April 2, 2025, that Abbey M. Blackwell formally petitioned the Circuit Court of Jackson County to dissolve her marriage to Kyle N. Loraine, a man she once wed on a summer’s day in July of 2021. That union, registered in Cole County, has now run its course, she asserts, reduced to fragments too scattered to mend. Represented by attorney Erin B. Bajackson of Albano, Richart, Welch & Bajackson, LLC, Abbey asks the court for more than closure—she seeks structure, fairness, and a new beginning.

The petition lays bare a marriage that has broken irretrievably, with the couple having separated just weeks before, on March 7, 2025. Two young children emerged from their brief union, and Abbey calls upon the court to grant joint legal and physical custody, anchoring the children’s primary residence at her Kansas City address. She attaches a proposed parenting plan and urges the court to formalize an arrangement that balances time and responsibilities.

What complicates matters is the inclusion of Loraine Law Center, LLC, Kyle’s own firm, as a third-party respondent. Abbey contends the business may house marital property and thus belongs within the bounds of this legal reckoning. She seeks a just and equitable division of both marital assets and debts, while asking the court to recognize the separate property each brought into the marriage.

Abbey, currently unemployed, pleads that Kyle cover her attorney’s fees and court costs. She opposes any award of maintenance for either party, requesting instead that the court deny spousal support altogether and ensure that healthcare, educational, and uninsured expenses for their children are split proportionately between them.

In her eyes, the chapter has ended. What she asks now is for the law to turn the page.

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