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On August 4, 2025, in Jackson County’s courthouse, a petition was filed—formal words on paper, yet weighted with years of shared history. Nicole Elizabeth Allen, guided by her attorney, Kayla M. Kratofil of The Law Office of Maggie L. Anderson, LLC, sought the dissolution of her marriage to Clayton John Allen.
They had wed on August 8, 2020, in Overland Park, Kansas—a day that now feels like a distant photograph. Five years later, their shared life had narrowed into the quiet distance of July 2025, when they ceased living as husband and wife. The petition does not tell the whole story, but it makes its claim with precision: the marriage is irretrievably broken, and no reconciliation is possible.
There are two minor children. Nicole asks the court for joint legal and joint physical custody, with her address to be the one recognized for schooling and mail, allowing Clayton reasonable parenting time. The request folds in the practicalities of child support, the fair division of marital property and debts, and the preservation of each party’s separate property. Nicole also seeks maintenance for herself, citing her part-time work arranged so she could care for the children, while affirming Clayton’s ability to support himself without her aid.
The petition threads through the legal safeguards—insurance coverage to remain intact, jurisdiction over the children preserved, the possibility of attorney’s fees if proceedings are needlessly prolonged. Yet beyond the statute numbers and procedural phrasing lies an unspoken truth: two people are reshaping the map of their family, with the court’s ruling as the final marker.
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