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Richard D. Sidney filed for divorce from Linda L. Sidney in Jackson County, Missouri, on June 16, 2025. He did not make the decision lightly. The marriage had long been over, really—since 2009, when they stopped living together. The marriage itself had begun in Bates City, Missouri, in October 2006. That was nearly two decades ago.
There were no children. No war. No scandal. Just the slow, long unraveling. He is retired now. So is she. He lives in Kansas. She lives in Independence. Both know the rhythm of quiet days and the clarity that comes from silence.
Richard, through his attorney Byron G. Stewart of Kansas City, made it simple in the petition: the marriage is irretrievably broken. There is no saving it. There is property to divide, and maybe a few things to be returned to their rightful owner. Each has lived a life apart for many years, and now he asks the court to make that separation final, official, on paper.
There was no mention of maintenance. No bitterness in the words. Just a request that the court recognize what has already been lived: that the marriage, once held together by hope or habit, is over.
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