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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ST. CHARLES COUNTY, MISSOURI

FAMILY COURT DIVISION

In Re the Marriage of: )

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JANE DOE )

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Petitioner, )

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vs. ) Cause No.

) Division

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JOHN DOE )

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Respondent. )

PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE

1. That Petitioner is and has been a resident of the State of Missouri for ninety (90)

days immediately preceding the filing of this Petition, now residing at 2 Oak

Lane, Mayberry, Missouri.

2. Respondent has been a resident of the State of Missouri for more than ninety (90)

days immediately preceding the filing of this Petition, now residing at 5 Pear Tree

Lane, Mayberry, Missouri.

3. The last four digits of Petitioner’s Social Security Number are xxx-xx-1234 and

Petitioner is currently employed.

4. The last four digits of Respondent’s Social Security Number are xxx-xx-4321

and Respondent is currently employed.

5. Petitioner and Respondent were married in Mayberry, Missouri on June 9, 1997.

Said marriage is registered in St. Charles County, Missouri.

6. Petitioner and Respondent were separated on or about January 1, 2010.

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7. Petitioner is not pregnant.

8. That there is no reasonable likelihood that the marriage of the parties can be

preserved and, therefore, the marriage of the parties is irretrievably

broken.

9. Attached to this Petition are Petitioner’s:

 Statement of Income & Expense

 Financial Statement

 Proposed Parenting Plan

 Form 14

which are hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.

10. The Petitioner and Respondent have accumulated property during the

course of the marriage, as well as certain obligations and

Petitioner requests that the marital property and debts be

divided in a fair and equitable manner. The Petitioner requests

the Court set over to each their separate/non-marital property.

11. Petitioner is without adequate funds and assets with which to

pay counsel and the costs that may accrue herein and would respectfully

request a reasonable amount of attorney fees.

12. There has been two (2) minor children born while parties were

married, to-wit:

Johnny Doe, Jr Age: 12 SSN: xxx-xx-5555

Elizabeth Doe Age: 9 SSN: xxx-xx-4444

13. For the sixty (60) days immediately prior to the filing of this matter the

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minor children have resided as follows:

At 2 Oak Lane, Mayberry, Missouri

14. Petitioner has not participated in any capacity in any other

litigation concerning the custody of the minor children herein in this or any other

State.

15. Petitioner has no information of any custody proceedings

concerning the said minor children pending in a Court of this or any other

state.

16. Petitioner knows of no person not a party to these proceedings

who has actual physical custody of the minor children herein or claims to

have custody or visitation rights with respect to said minor children herein.

17. Petitioner states that it would be in the best interest of the minor

children herein if their care, custody and control were placed in and

awarded to Petitioner and Respondent all as more specifically set forth in her

Parenting Plan attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as if fully

set forth.

18. Neither the Petitioner nor the Respondent is a member of any of the Armed

Forces of the United States of America.

WHEREFORE, Petitioner prays that an order and Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage

entered as follows:

 That the marital property of Petitioner and Respondent should be equitably

divided between the Petitioner and Respondent;

 That the Court set over to each party their separate property.

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 That the Petitioner and Respondent should be given the care, custody and

control of the minor children born to the marriage of the parties, pursuant

to the Parenting Plan filed herein.

 That the Court should make adequate provisions for the support of said

minor children herein.

 That Respondent be ordered to pay Petitioner’s reasonable attorney fees

and costs herein incurred.

 For such other Orders as the Court may deem just and proper under the

circumstances and as allowed and provided by law.

Watkins Law Firm, P.C.

______________________________ By: ______________________________

Jane Doe Michael B. Watkins #24071

Petitioner Attorney for Petitioner

9979 WingHaven Blvd., Suite 210

O’Fallon, MO 63368

636-625-6448 Office

636-625-3721 Fax

[email protected] E-mail

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STATE OF MISSOURI )

) ss.

COUNTY OF _______________________ )

COMES NOW Jane Doe, of lawful age, being duly sworn, upon her oath, acknowledges

that she has read the foregoing and that the statements contained therein are true and correct to

her best knowledge and belief.

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Jane Doe, Petitioner

Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public, at my office in the County and State

aforesaid, on this ______ day of _________________________, 2010.

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Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

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