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Winter had already settled over Kansas City, the kind that sharpens breath and quiets streets, when the marriage between AnMei Wenmiao McCamman and Guy Kenneth Civey, Jr. reached its formal reckoning. With Christmas only weeks away, a season usually reserved for gathering and endurance, AnMei chose clarity instead. Her petition for dissolution was filed in Jackson County on December 8, 2025, a date close enough to the holidays to make the contrast unmistakable.
The petition does not describe a sudden collapse but a slow recognition. Though the couple continued to live under the same roof, they had separated as husband and wife, the marriage described as irretrievably broken, with no reasonable likelihood of preservation. Two children stand at the center of the filing, and the tone throughout reflects a guarded sense of duty rather than grievance. AnMei asks the court to grant joint legal and joint physical custody, designate her address for educational and mailing purposes, and award Guy reasonable visitation. She seeks approval of a proposed parenting plan, reasonable child support and medical expense contributions under Missouri guidelines, and an arrangement that reflects the children’s best interests and the parents’ shared capacity to provide.
Beyond custody, the petition requests an equitable division of marital property and debts, the setting aside of each party’s non-marital property, and a finding that neither party requires maintenance. Each side is to bear their own attorney’s fees, though the court is asked to intervene if the litigation is unnecessarily prolonged. The marriage’s dissolution itself is formally requested, along with any further relief deemed just and equitable.
AnMei is represented by attorney Angelo C. Banks of Krigel, Nugent + Moore. In a season defined by lights against darkness, the filing reads less like surrender and more like a watchful decision to protect what still matters most.
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