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What appears at first as a set of formal statements begins, on closer reading, to outline a longer passage of time. Cami N. Beaudry has asked the Circuit Court of St. Charles County, Missouri, to dissolve her marriage to Mark A. Stauffer, a union that began on May 15, 1997, in Seoul and was registered through the U.S. Embassy there. The petition, filed in April 7, 2026, places that history within the framework required for legal resolution.
Residency is established as a threshold matter. Both parties are described as having lived in Missouri for the period necessary to bring the case, with St. Charles County identified as the proper venue. The separation is set at September 8, 2019, a date that stands apart from the filing itself, suggesting an interval between private decisions and formal action.
The petition indicates that there are no unemancipated children connected to the marriage and that no pregnancy is at issue. It states that the marriage is irretrievably broken, with no reasonable likelihood of preservation. That assertion, presented without elaboration, becomes the basis for the request that the court grant a decree of dissolution.
Financial circumstances are described in more detail. The petitioner identifies both separate property and marital property, along with obligations accumulated during the marriage, all to be divided in what she characterizes as a fair and equitable manner. She also seeks maintenance, citing insufficient resources to support herself, and asks that the respondent be ordered to cover attorney fees and litigation costs. Neither party is noted as being on active military duty.
The filing does not attempt to recount the years between marriage and separation, nor the period that followed. Instead, it organizes the present into categories the court can address—residency, property, support, and final disposition. In doing so, it marks a transition from lived experience to legal process, where outcomes will be determined not by narrative but by the application of established standards and procedures.
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