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It begins, not with the loud crash of heartbreak, but with a silence that accumulates—something elemental, slow. On July 24, 2025, in the quiet corridors of the Jackson County Circuit Court in Independence, Missouri, Jennifer B. DeMarco filed a petition to dissolve her marriage to Antonio A. DeMarco, a union that had begun with vows in Lee’s Summit on June 14, 2014, and unthreaded itself over the course of eleven years, culminating in a separation on June 4, 2025.
The home they once shared remains in Lee’s Summit, still bearing the name of both parties. But the shape of the household has shifted. Two minor children are at the heart of this petition, and Jennifer seeks not only joint physical custody but sole legal custody, with her address designated for their schooling and correspondence.
The plea is plain and structured by law, yet underneath it lingers the ache of a household’s slow unraveling. Jennifer, currently unemployed, asserts the need for maintenance. Antonio, self-employed and earning enough, is asked to carry the financial responsibilities, including child support calculated under Missouri’s Form 14, health coverage, and uninsured medical expenses.
Represented by attorney Lindsey A. Waits-Pritchett of Waits Family Law, LLC, Jennifer’s petition speaks not just to the dissolution of a marriage but to the redistribution of emotional, financial, and parental terrain. What remains now is the act of division—an official recognition that what was once shared must now be separated.
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