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In the early hours of July 3, 2025, a chapter quietly came to a close in Cook County’s Domestic Relations Division as Samantha A. Corbin, through her counsel Jeffrey S. Harris from Deerfield, filed to dissolve her marriage to Kristopher Corbin. Their bond, formed on an October day in 2016 in Oak Forest, Illinois, had frayed beyond repair after nearly nine years. What remained was a request for legal recognition of a life that had shifted from shared to separate.

At the center of the filing were two young children, born of the marriage: Carson, age five, and Colton, age three. Both parents were described as capable of fulfilling parental responsibilities, and the petition sought shared decision-making and substantial parenting time for both, with Samantha designated as the residential custodian.

Their marital estate was modest but meaningful—two vehicles divided between the parties, the proceeds from a sold home in Homewood, and a variety of financial accounts. They also carried debts, some joint, others individual. Each party claimed their own non-marital property and asked that no spousal maintenance be ordered.

What set this petition apart was a provision rooted in foresight: a call for the court to reserve a portion of the respondent’s marital share in a separate fund or trust, ensuring long-term financial protection for the children’s upbringing, education, and well-being.

Finally, Samantha sought to return to her maiden name, Simon. Not merely a legal gesture, but a quiet signal that what had been shared was now respectfully relinquished, and that she was ready to begin again.

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