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By early December, St. Charles County had settled into its annual rituals—porch lights strung against the dark, schedules bent around school breaks, the quiet expectation that the year would soon close its ledger. Against that seasonal pause, Tatiana F. Murley filed a petition for dissolution of marriage on December 8, 2025, choosing clarity at a moment traditionally reserved for reflection.

The marriage between Tatiana F. Murley and Jason M. Murley, entered on May 18, 2007, and registered in St. Charles County, had already endured a long unwinding. The petition notes a separation dating back to April 8, 2024, and alleges marital misconduct, concluding that the marriage is irretrievably broken with no reasonable likelihood of preservation. As the calendar approached Christmas, the filing framed the end of a private institution within the steady machinery of the court.

Through her attorney, Christopher M. Boedefeld of the Law Office of Baerveldt & Boedefeld, LLC, Murley asks the court to dissolve the marriage and to confront the obligations that remain. Central among them is the welfare of the parties’ minor child. The petition requests sole legal and sole physical custody under a proposed parenting plan, with child support ordered retroactive to the filing date and paid through the Family Support Payment Center, consistent with Missouri guidelines.

The filing further asks the court to deny maintenance to either party on a nonmodifiable basis, to require each party to bear their own attorney’s fees and litigation costs, and to equitably divide marital property and debts while setting aside each party’s non-marital property. Murley also seeks the restoration of her maiden name, Tatiana Fiorella Tello, and any other relief the court deems just and proper.

In a season devoted to continuity and tradition, the petition reflects another truth of December: endings, too, demand to be recorded before the year turns.

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