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The paperwork is direct about what it wants. In the Circuit Court of Clay County, Missouri, case number 2616-FC01003 records a petition filed February 9, 2026 by Rachelle L. Mace seeking to dissolve her marriage to Matthew M. Mace. Service is requested by private process server.
The petition states that both parties have been residents of Missouri for at least ninety days preceding the filing and that each now resides in Jackson County. They were married September 26, 1999, in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, where the marriage is registered. The separation is listed as occurring on or about August 20, 2025. The petitioner is not pregnant, and there were no unemancipated children born or adopted during the marriage. Neither party is an active member of the armed forces of the United States or its allies.
The filing asserts that the marriage is irretrievably broken, with no reasonable likelihood it can be preserved. It invokes Section 452.317 R.S.Mo., requesting that neither party terminate health, dental, or vision insurance coverage for the other during the pendency of the proceedings. It further states that both parties can support themselves through appropriate employment and are not entitled to maintenance now or in the future.
The petition asks the court to divide marital property and debts in a fair and equitable manner under Section 452.330 R.S.Mo., or, alternatively, to approve a written Separation and Property Settlement Agreement should one be reached before hearing. It seeks to have non-marital property set aside to each party according to their respective interests. The petitioner also requests that the respondent be ordered to pay her attorney’s fees and costs, citing an attorney’s lien pursuant to Section 484.130 R.S.Mo., and asks the court to determine and enter judgment on any such liens.
In February, when many households are recalibrating budgets and obligations for the year ahead, filings like this one mark a different kind of accounting. The court will review statutory requirements, property claims, and fee requests, and then issue orders that convert private arrangements into enforceable terms. The language is procedural, but its effect is practical: to define what remains shared, what does not, and how each party moves forward under law.
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