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By the time the petition reached the Family Court Division in Jackson County on May 5, 2026, the marriage described in its pages had already entered a different phase of existence — no longer shared in daily practice, though still joined in law. Kristen M. Ellis Johnson filed for dissolution from Andrew M. Johnson in Kansas City, stating that both parties had been Missouri residents for more than ninety days preceding the action. The filing says the parties no longer reside together or live together as husband and wife.
The petition references children born during the marriage but asks the court for joint legal and joint physical custody, together with approval of a proposed parenting plan to be submitted later. According to the filing, no other custody proceedings involving the children were pending in Missouri or any other state, and the children had primarily resided with both parties during the sixty days preceding the filing. The petition also cites Missouri statutory provisions restricting the removal of children from the court’s jurisdiction during the proceeding.
The filing further states that the marriage is irretrievably broken, with no reasonable likelihood that it can be preserved. It requests child support and medical expense contributions consistent with Missouri guidelines and asserts that both parties are capable of contributing to the children’s care and maintenance. The petition also asks the court to divide marital property and debts in a fair and equitable manner or, alternatively, to approve any written agreement later reached by the parties. Court records state that neither party is a member of the armed forces.
Domestic relations filings often function as the first formal inventory of a household in transition: residency, custody, obligations, property, schedules. The petition itself does not resolve those matters. It establishes the procedural boundaries within which the court, and eventually the parties themselves, will define how family arrangements continue after the marriage has ended in law as well as in practice.
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