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A marriage that began in the autumn of 2024 is now before the court in Independence. In the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, Case No. 2616-FC00943 records a petition for dissolution filed in February 6, 2026 by Darrin Michael Jones against Sally Ann Jones.
The petition states that both parties have been residents of Jackson County, Missouri for more than ninety days preceding the filing. Each is over the age of eighteen. They were married on October 11, 2024, in Lee’s Summit, Jackson County, Missouri, and the marriage was registered there. The separation, according to the filing, occurred on the same date the petition was submitted to the court.
Irreconcilable differences are cited as having led to an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage, with no reasonable likelihood that it can be preserved. The filing affirms that neither party is on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States or its allies, and that the respondent is not pregnant. It also states that no children were born of the marriage.
The petition outlines that both parties are able-bodied and capable of supporting themselves, and neither seeks maintenance. It acknowledges the accumulation of marital property and certain obligations during the marriage, requesting a fair and equitable division of both, along with the setting aside of non-marital property to each respective party. Each is said to have sufficient funds to pay his or her own attorney’s fees, though the petitioner reserves the right to seek fees should litigation be unnecessarily prolonged.
As February advances, the filing places the matter squarely within the court’s process—residency confirmed, timelines set out, requests framed in statutory terms. What follows will be measured in filings and orders, as the court determines how property and obligations are to be apportioned, and formally records the end of a marriage that lasted little more than a year.
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