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In a filing marked by precision and quiet finality, Jacob Vial, a resident of Cook County, Illinois, formally initiated divorce proceedings against his spouse, Kelly Vial, on July 1, 2025, in the Circuit Court of Cook County. The petition, brought through his attorney Rahul Iyer of STG Divorce Law, P.C., outlines a disintegration long in motion—an “irretrievable breakdown” following more than six months of separation, despite the couple’s continued co-residence for convenience.
Their marriage, solemnized in Austin, Texas on March 28, 2009, spans over sixteen years and includes one child, born in 2021. The documents confirm there are no other children and no expectancy, and both parties participated in attorney-assisted mediation to resolve matters of child custody, division of property, and support.
What distinguishes this case is its deliberate civility. The parties, though emotionally detached, have shown procedural unity—filing jointly agreed Marital Settlement and Allocation Judgments, expected to lead to an uncontested prove-up. In a legal landscape often marked by acrimony, their cooperation is a telling counterpoint.
Vial’s petition reflects a clear-eyed, mutual retreat from a union once bound by shared geography and routine, now dissolved into paperwork and polite legal formalities. This is not a story of drama but of methodical disentanglement—a marriage not detonated but disassembled.
The court’s decision, pending the prove-up, will finalize what the couple themselves have already accepted: the marriage is over.
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