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A new case number, 2611-FC00208, has been entered in the 11th Judicial Circuit of the Circuit Court of St. Charles County, where Amber Taylor seeks dissolution of her marriage to Joshua Helman. The petition was filed February 6, 2026, placing the matter before the Family Court Division at a moment when the year’s domestic dockets are beginning to take shape.
The filing states that both parties have been residents of Missouri for more than ninety days preceding the petition. They were married October 22, 2022, in Steelville, Missouri, and separated on or about January 26, 2026. One child was born of the marriage. The petition affirms that Missouri remains the child’s home state and that no other custody proceeding is pending in this or any other state that would affect the current action.
In compliance with Section 452.780 RSMo., the petition sets out the child’s recent residential history and declares that no other person claims custody or visitation rights. It further states that the petitioner has not participated in other custody litigation, except as disclosed, and acknowledges a continuing duty to inform the court of any proceeding that could affect the case. Neither party is an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States, and the petitioner is not pregnant.
The marriage, the petition asserts, is irretrievably broken with no reasonable likelihood of preservation. The parties possess separate and marital property, as well as debts to be apportioned. The petitioner requests that separate property be set apart accordingly and that marital property and obligations be divided equitably. She seeks sole legal and sole physical custody, supervised visitation for the respondent, child support pursuant to Missouri Form 14, maintenance, and contribution toward attorney’s fees, stating that she lacks adequate means for her own support while asserting that the respondent is able to contribute.
Filings of this kind translate private arrangements into statutory questions: residence, custody, support, division. In early February, when the calendar still carries the imprint of a recent separation, the court becomes the forum where those questions are formalized. The next steps will unfold through hearings and orders, each one narrowing the scope of dispute until the marriage registered in 2022 is resolved within the framework Missouri law prescribes.
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