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In the restless frame of St. Louis City, Missouri, a long-running domestic reel reached its final fade-out on February 11, 2025, mere days before Valentine’s Day could sprinkle its usual glitter. Maria Schneider, with a steady hand and the legal eye of Rachna Lien from The Lien Law Firm, LLC, filed for divorce from John Schneider in the Family Court Division, closing the curtain on a marriage that began August 29, 1997. This wasn’t a flash-in-the-pan romance gone sour—it was a 27-year saga, now dimmed by irreconcilable differences, its breaking point lost to an undated separation.
Both Missourians for over ninety days, Maria and John stood as adults, past the need for military exemptions or child-rearing ties—one offspring, now grown, had moved beyond their story. The script called for no maintenance; both were employed, self-reliant, ready to walk away clean. What lingered were the props of their shared life—marital property and debts, awaiting the court’s equitable knife, alongside their separate keepsakes. Maria’s petition wasn’t a tearjerker or a shouting match—it was a calm, deliberate exit, a request to divide the set pieces and let the credits roll.
Against the backdrop of Valentine’s imminent glow, this filing felt like a black-and-white short, stripping romance to its bones, leaving only the quiet dignity of a story told.
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