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By late December, Chicago is locked in winter’s quiet discipline. Streets harden, routines narrow, and the year’s unfinished business presses closer. Against that backdrop, Jasmina Duric filed her petition on December 23, 2025, a date poised just days before Christmas, when endings are usually postponed in favor of ritual and resolve.
Represented by attorney Vladimir Teletanski of Vlad Legal Services LLC, Jasmina asked the Cook County court to dissolve her marriage to Srecko Duric—a union that began on February 11, 2024, and unraveled quickly thereafter. The filing traces a short, steep arc: married in Florida, separated by September 2024, and divided by irreconcilable differences that, she alleges, hardened into an irretrievable breakdown. The petition states that reconciliation efforts failed and that future attempts would not be practical or safe.
There were no children born of the marriage, no shared parental future to negotiate. What remained, according to the petition, was limited marital property and debt, alongside Jasmina’s request that her non-marital property be awarded to her. She further asks the court to determine—reserve or deny—maintenance as it sees fit, explicitly noting the brief duration of the marriage. The filing also alleges that she was subjected to a pattern of emotional and physical abuse during the marriage, a claim that adds weight to the urgency of the request.
Among the relief sought is the restoration of her former last name, Maksa, a small but telling act of reclamation. She asks the court to equitably divide any marital assets and debts, to enter a judgment dissolving the marriage, and to grant any further relief deemed just.
As the season turns toward Christmas—a time of return and belonging—this filing moves in the opposite direction, toward separation, clarity, and survival.
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