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The record begins with two addresses in neighboring counties—one in Jackson, the other in Cass—and a marriage that, by the petitioner’s account, no longer holds. In the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Alisha Rachel Carter has filed for dissolution against David Baffour Gyawu, setting down the terms by which the relationship is to be formally unwound. The petition, verified and entered on March 17, 2026, places both parties within Missouri’s jurisdictional frame, each having met the residency requirement in the months preceding the filing.
Their marriage, dated August 22, 2020, and registered in Jackson County, is followed in the document by a separation identified as occurring on or about August 1, 2025. The petition does not elaborate beyond this timeline. Instead, it moves directly to the conclusion required by statute: that there is no reasonable likelihood the marriage can be preserved and that it is irretrievably broken.
What follows is a catalog of what remains. The parties are described as having accumulated assets and debts during the marriage, some of which may be non-marital. The petitioner asks that such property be set aside accordingly and that any shared obligations be divided either through agreement or, failing that, by the court in a fair and equitable manner. The structure is familiar, but the particulars—what is held, what is owed—are left to later determination.
The petition distinguishes itself in its requests concerning financial support. It asserts that the petitioner lacks sufficient means for self-support and that the respondent has the capacity to contribute. On that basis, it seeks periodic maintenance, retroactive to the date of service, along with an order requiring the respondent to pay attorney fees and associated costs.
Filed in the opening stretch of 2026, the case enters a system designed to convert such claims into enforceable outcomes. The document itself marks a transition point, where private arrangements give way to formal adjudication, and where the sequence of filings, responses, and orders will shape the final terms of separation.
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