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On August 12, 2025, in the Circuit Court of Cook County, a marriage began its final descent into dissolution. Peter Duveneck, 39, through his counsel at the Law Offices of Kimberly Duda, Ltd., filed a verified petition seeking to end his nearly nine-year union with Samantha Duveneck, also 39. What once was bound on October 29, 2016, in Chicago, now sits in the courthouse ledger, marked by irreconcilable differences and a claim of irretrievable breakdown.
The couple’s life together yielded two daughters—ages seven and four—whose futures now lie at the heart of Peter’s plea. He asks the court not just for an end to the marriage but for sole decision-making authority and sole parenting time, arguing that the best interests of the children demand it. He further seeks child support, educational expense coverage, and equitable distribution of marital property and debts. In contrast, he insists that Samantha, gainfully employed and awaiting certification as a nurse practitioner, is fully capable of supporting herself, paying her own legal fees, and contributing to the children’s needs.
The petition draws a sharp line: Peter wants the court to bar Samantha from maintenance, to affirm his right to his non-marital property, and to divide the remainder fairly. Beneath the legal language, however, sits the familiar shadow of a once-shared home unraveling, a family split into new shapes. Cook County now holds the fate of the Duvenecks in its hands, where questions of love, loss, and duty are weighed against the cool measure of law.
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