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In the worn grooves of Jackson County’s courthouse, where the machinery of endings grinds slow and sure, Michael Earl Johnson walked on July 31, 2025, to dismantle his life with Desiree Nichole Johnson. Joined on January 8, 2016, in Virginia Beach’s fleeting tide, their nine-year marriage stalled, irretrievably broken. Kimberly J. Hatch and Nathalie C. Elliott of Levy Craig Law Firm stand with Michael, charting a path to freedom.
Three children—ages seven, five, and four—tie their fates, living with both parents in Oak Grove. Michael seeks joint legal and physical custody, guided by a parenting plan yet to be filed, and child support set by Missouri’s rules. No pregnancy looms, and Desiree, an active-duty Navy member, joins Michael in employment, neither needing maintenance. Their shared property and debts, built over years, await the court’s careful split, while non-marital assets return to their origins. Each covers their own legal fees, unless Desiree delays, prompting Michael to seek her payment.
The courtroom hums with the weight of their unraveling. Michael’s call is clear: dissolve the bond, secure his children, divide the estate. In Jackson County’s steady churn, where love’s framework rusts, the judge must parse their years, granting Michael and Desiree separate roads, their children’s lives balanced, the law’s gears turning to forge a new order from their fractured past.
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