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In the dim light of a Missouri courtroom, April Joy Claphan took center stage on March 13, 2025, filing for divorce from Donald Matthew J. Claphan in Jackson County’s Circuit Court. With David M. Halphin of The Gepford Law Group, LLC, as her guide, she’s unwinding a marriage that began July 17, 1993, in Mancelona, Michigan—a reel that ran for over three decades before the credits rolled in June 2024. Irreconcilable differences, she says, snapped the filmstrip; it’s irretrievably broken, no sequel in sight.
They’ve got no kids to tug at the plot—just a pile of assets and debts from their long run, waiting for a fair cut or a settlement the court won’t call unconscionable. April’s got her own non-marital stash to claim, and so does Donald. Neither wants the other’s money for support; they’re both standing tall enough alone. Legal fees? Each pays their own, a clean break with no extra drama.
This isn’t a tearjerker—it’s a quiet exit, two people stepping off the screen, leaving the props to be sorted and the story to fade.
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