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The caption reads simply: In re the marriage of AMANDA CHADDUCK and DIANA MABRY. Filed February 16, 2026, in the Circuit Court of St. Louis City, cause number 2622-FC00227, the petition sets out, in measured clauses, the particulars of a marriage that began on January 22, 2016, and, by August 1, 2025, had come to separation.
AMANDA CHADDUCK states she has been a resident of Missouri for the ninety days immediately preceding the filing and resides in the City of St. Louis. DIANA MABRY is likewise identified as a Missouri resident with an address in the city. The marriage, registered in St. Louis, produced two children. For the six months, including the sixty days immediately before the petition, the children resided with both parties at their respective addresses in the city. The petitioner reports no other custody proceedings pending and no other persons claiming custody or visitation rights.
The petition asserts that irreconcilable differences have caused an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage and that there is no reasonable likelihood it can be preserved. Neither party is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or its allies, and, upon information and belief, the respondent is not pregnant. The parties possess marital property and debt, and the petitioner claims certain separate property.
In her requests to the court, AMANDA CHADDUCK seeks dissolution of the marriage, joint legal and physical custody pursuant to an agreed parenting plan, and child support in accordance with authorized guidelines. She asks that her separate property be set apart, that marital property be equitably divided, and that she be awarded maintenance. The petition further requests contribution toward attorney fees and costs, asserting that she is unable to earn sufficient income to support herself and the children, while alleging that the respondent has sufficient funds to contribute.
Mid-February filings often carry the imprint of decisions reached in the quieter weeks after a new year begins. Here, the language remains formal, declarative, bound to statute and procedure. What follows will be shaped by hearings and orders—by determinations of support, property, and responsibility—each step narrowing a shared history into the defined contours of a court’s decree.
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