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On a street where the sycamores lean against the wind and the porches sag with time, Ryan A. Adams once lived with hope stitched tightly into the seams of his marriage. That was May 3, 2017—spring had finally come to St. Louis, and with it, vows were exchanged and registered like so many other quiet unions. But on May 30, 2025, from a more solitary address on Wyoming Street, Ryan filed a petition in the Family Court of St. Louis County, a calm, cool declaration that the marriage to Catherine M. Kustelski had unraveled beyond repair.
There were no children. No war. No scandal. The separation, dated January 18, 2025, was clean as a clipped string. Both parties, now residents of Missouri in their own right, are working, walking forward. Neither asks the court for maintenance. Each holds their own property, and each claims their share of the marriage’s remains—its debts and its dignities.
With the assistance of attorney Gerald W. Linnenbringer of Linnenbringer Law, Ryan has requested the Court either approve a Marital Settlement Agreement if one has been reached or divide their property and obligations fairly if not. No bitterness hums in the legalese. Just the soft-spoken resignation of a life shared, then split. This is not the story of lovers at war—it is the story of quiet exits, politely exchanged keys, and a signature filed under fluorescent light.
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