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In the measured syntax of legal declarations, a life together is distilled to irreconcilable differences and separate addresses. On June 17, 2025, Kandice K. McCraney filed for divorce from Markel L. McCraney in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. The marriage, solemnized in Chicago on August 24, 2018, was registered in Cook County, and by January 1, 2020, the couple had ceased living as husband and wife.
Kandice McCraney, represented by attorney John L. Richardson of 5820 N Sheridan Road, Chicago, submitted the petition under 750 ILCS 5/401, citing an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. There are no children, no claims of pregnancy, and no other dissolution actions pending in other jurisdictions. The filing asserts that attempts at reconciliation have failed, and pursuing them further would serve no constructive purpose.
Both parties are self-supporting, and Kandice requests that the court deny maintenance to either side, divide any marital debts equitably, and affirm that each retain their own non-marital property and liabilities.
The petition also includes a request to allow Kandice to resume her maiden name, Prater, should she so choose—a final gesture toward reclamation of identity as the bonds of matrimony are officially undone.
No drama, no spectacle—just a quiet administrative end to a chapter once written in ceremony, now revised in affidavit.
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