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On March 10, 2025, William Everett took the decisive step of filing for dissolution of marriage in Jackson County, Missouri, formally seeking an end to his union with Heidi Bickner. Married on October 5, 2013, in Ames, Iowa, their nearly twelve-year marriage now stands at an impasse, with the couple having lived apart since January 24, 2025. Everett asserts the marriage is irretrievably broken, leaving no possibility for reconciliation.
The petition outlines a framework for shared responsibilities regarding their child, proposing joint legal custody while designating Bickner’s residence as the child’s primary address for educational and mailing purposes. Everett also requests that child support be awarded to Bickner and that each party retain their non-marital assets. He further asks the court to affirm their existing Separation Agreement, emphasizing that it should be recognized as fair and incorporated into the dissolution decree.
Significantly, neither party is requesting maintenance, a testament to the financial independence they have maintained. Additionally, they have agreed to divide their marital property and obligations in accordance with prior mediation and their postnuptial agreement. In a move towards finality, Everett asks the court to ensure that both parties cover their own legal fees and share mediation costs equally.
With the groundwork for separation already in place, this petition serves as the legal coda to a relationship that, for all its past cohesion, has now reached its inevitable conclusion.
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