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January carries the promise of renewal, but for Faith A. Kendall, the month arrived bearing a harder truth. As the year found its footing, she stepped into the Family Court of St. Louis County, Missouri, and on January 14, 2026, filed a petition to dissolve her marriage to Spencer R. Kendall—an act less of retreat than of resolve.
The filing traces a marriage that began on December 30, 2014, in Texas and ended amid distance, fear, and separation. Faith, now residing in Idaho with the couple’s two minor children, asserts that the marriage has become irretrievably broken, with no reasonable path toward repair. She describes a separation that began in May 2025 and a subsequent relocation undertaken to secure safety and emotional stability for herself and the children. Both parties are employed, but the petition paints a stark imbalance in security and power, shaped by allegations of abuse, intimidation, and instability.
Represented by attorney Michelle M. Funkenbusch, Faith asks the court to dissolve the marriage and to recognize her as the sole legal and physical custodian of the children, naming her the residential parent for all official purposes. She seeks restricted, supervised visitation for Spencer, the appointment of a guardian ad litem, and adoption of her proposed parenting plan. The petition further requests child support retroactive to the filing date, maintenance for Faith due to financial need, and an equitable division of marital property and debts that accounts for alleged marital misconduct. She also asks that Spencer be ordered to contribute to attorney’s fees, court costs, and suit monies, along with any further relief the court deems just and proper.
In a month devoted to beginnings, the petition marks an end forged not in haste, but in necessity.
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