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In the early light of May 20, 2025, Elmer Rhodes, Jr. turned to the Circuit Court of St. Charles County with a request not for conflict, but for finality. He filed a petition for dissolution of marriage from Megan Elizabeth Rhodes, bringing an end to a union forged on July 24, 2021, and once registered in Merrillville Lake, Indiana. Though the pair still reside under one roof in O’Fallon, Missouri, the structure of their marriage has long since lost its foundation.
Elmer, represented by Amy E. Bender-Levy of Paule, Camazine & Blumenthal, P.C., asserted that the marriage is irretrievably broken, a quiet admission that the promises once exchanged could no longer be sustained. No children were born or adopted during their nearly four years together, and neither party seeks spousal support. Both are employed, able-bodied, and capable of meeting their own needs—each choosing to move forward independently, without reliance or recrimination.
No accusations are made. There is no mention of abuse or abandonment, only a mutual understanding that nothing remains to preserve. What is left is to untangle the legal and financial knots: a division of marital property and debts, and the retention of each party’s non-marital assets.
Elmer asks the court for dissolution, the non-modifiable denial of maintenance, and that each bear the cost of their own legal journey. What began in shared hope now leans toward private resilience. As the court considers the terms, the petition stands as a formal endnote to a marriage whose course has already run.
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