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In the tense underbelly of St. Louis County, Missouri, a marital ceasefire crumbled with surgical intent. On February 21, 2025, while Valentine’s month dangled its fleeting charm, Rebecca D. Ruggeri unleashed a divorce petition against Mario S. Ruggeri in the Circuit Court, dismantling a bond sealed on March 20, 2021. Backed by Michael E. Doyel of Doyel Law, LLC, her filing hit like a calculated strike, detailing a marriage that disintegrated by December 11, 2024. One child, a silent figure in this legal crossfire, anchored the dispute.
Rebecca, entrenched in Missouri for over ninety days, clutched the child’s custody, demanding sole legal control while offering Mario, a fellow long-term resident, joint physical stewardship. No pregnancy muddied the waters—just a fracture deemed irretrievable, hardened by a January 23, 2025, Order of Protection locking Mario out of their once-shared home. Property, both marital and separate, faced division, and child support loomed, to be measured by Missouri’s cold equations. No military allegiances shaped this fight; it was raw, civilian, and personal.
Set against February’s hollow romance, this wasn’t just a divorce—it was a battlefield report, a mother’s gambit for dominance and refuge in the wreckage of a four-year pact.
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