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What remains of a marriage often arrives in court stripped of ornament, reduced to dates, places, and the blunt fact of endurance. In Cook County, Illinois, the union of Lisa Waller and Kurt Waller is set before the court with that same spare finality. The Petition for Dissolution of Marriage, filed December 4, 2025, recounts a relationship that began on or about April 5, 1997, registered in Cook County, and carried forward long enough to raise two children now emancipated and absent from the case.
Through her counsel, Attorney Thomas C. Valenti of Lucas, Apostolopoulos & Valenti, Ltd., appearing as limited-scope co-counsel for Marble Law P.C., Lisa Waller states that irreconcilable differences have hollowed the marriage beyond repair. Past efforts to reconcile have failed, and future attempts would not serve the parties’ interests. Both spouses are described as employed, able-bodied, and capable of supporting themselves without reliance on the other.
The petition asks the court to dissolve the bonds of matrimony and to bar either party from receiving maintenance. It requests that each spouse be declared the sole owner of their respective non-marital property, free from claim by the other, and that the marital estate be divided on an equitable basis, acknowledging contributions made by both parties to its acquisition and preservation. The filing further asserts that no prenuptial or postnuptial agreements exist and that no other related actions are pending in any jurisdiction.
Finally, Lisa Waller asks the court to grant such further relief as it deems fair and equitable, an open-ended request that recognizes how the end of a long marriage rarely fits neatly into fixed lines. The petition does not plead drama. It asks instead for order, for balance, and for a clean legal ending to what time has already worn thin.
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