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A marriage that began in Chicago nearly two decades ago is now the subject of a court filing in Cook County. Miguel A. Arroyo has petitioned the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, to dissolve his marriage to Josefina Andrade Arroyo. Court records show the petition was filed March 4, 2026, placing the matter before the Domestic Relations Division.

According to the filing, Miguel A. Arroyo, 44, and Josefina Andrade Arroyo, 46, both reside in Chicago. The petition states that Arroyo has lived in Cook County for more than ninety days prior to filing, satisfying the residency requirement under Illinois law. The couple were married May 10, 2008, in Chicago, where the marriage was registered.

The document indicates the parties stopped living together as husband and wife around March 2020 and have remained separate since that time. It states that irreconcilable differences led to the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage and that attempts at reconciliation have failed.

In the relief requested, Miguel A. Arroyo asks the court to enter a judgment dissolving the marriage and to divide marital property in a just manner. The petition notes that the parties accumulated marital assets during the marriage, including real estate, bank accounts, retirement benefits, and other unspecified property, as well as marital debt. The filing also states that each party is capable of supporting themselves and paying their own attorney fees.

With the case now formally filed, it moves into the court’s routine process of review and response. For couples who reach this stage, the legal filing marks a practical step toward resolving financial matters and formally closing a chapter that once existed outside the courtroom but now proceeds within it.

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