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In a November 9, 2023 filing in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, Marcus Kelley initiated the dissolution of his marriage to Erika Washington, a union that commenced on December 1, 2021. The petition cited irreconcilable differences, emphasizing an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage without attributing blame to either party.
Represented by attorney Neil Smith of The Smith Law Firm, LLC, Marcus’s petition outlined several requests, including the dissolution of the marriage and the fair division of both marital property and debt. Marcus sought to set apart each party’s separate nonmarital property and requested Erika’s contribution to his attorney fees and litigation costs.
Notably, there were no children born of the marriage, leading to no request for child support or matters related to parental decision-making. Both parties asserted self-sufficiency, eliminating the need for maintenance from each other.
The document acknowledged the accumulation of both marital and non-marital property, as well as debts, without elaborating on the desired resolutions. The Kelley-Washington case in St. Louis encapsulates the complexities of a brief yet significant marital dissolution, underlining the legal intricacies surrounding property and debt division in such cases.
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