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It was all over before it even began. Maha Bano and Nowsherwan Sultan stood before the law, bound by a marriage that never had the chance to be more than ink on a certificate. On February 28, 2025, Bano, through her attorneys Kayte E. Rossi and Emily M. Latiolais of Jones Family Law Group, LLC, filed for the dissolution of her marriage in the Circuit Court of St. Louis City, citing an irretrievable breakdown.
The story of this marriage is not one of domestic life unraveling over time—it is the absence of it. The couple wed on May 22, 2024, a date that might have signaled the start of something, but in reality, it marked the only moment they were truly together. They never shared a home. They never built a life in the same place. Bano, a Missouri resident for the past two and a half years, has called St. Louis County home, while Sultan has never resided in the state.
With no children to consider and no claims for spousal support, Bano’s petition is a procedural request to close a chapter that never truly opened. She seeks an equitable division of marital assets and debts and the return of her non-marital property. The law, as it often does, will step in to untangle what little was ever tied together.
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