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In a courtroom in St. Charles County, Missouri, a long marriage of more than three decades is now meeting its quiet end. Fang Chen, through his attorney John P. Wagner of Turken & Porzenski, LLC, filed a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage against Zhaomei Lu on October 24, 2025, marking the close of a union that began on July 1, 1993, in China. The couple’s shared life—crossing decades, borders, and the slow drift of time—has now settled into separation, with both parties residing in St. Charles County.
According to the petition, they constructively separated on September 20, 2025, ending more than thirty-two years of marriage. Fang Chen, currently on disability, and Zhaomei Lu, who is unemployed, share no minor or adopted children, and no ongoing arrangements for maintenance have been made. What remains is a request for the court to equitably divide their marital property and debts, and to declare that the marriage is irretrievably broken, leaving no reasonable chance of reconciliation.
There is a quiet, procedural dignity in Fang Chen’s filing—a recognition that marriages sometimes dissolve not through discord, but through the gradual erosion of shared purpose. His petition does not seek vengeance or advantage, only closure and fairness. For a couple who once built a life together half a world away, this filing marks the final chapter of a long and once-enduring bond, now set before the family court to untangle with the precision and gravity the law affords.
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