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There comes a moment in every unraveling marriage when the private fissures crack into the public record. For Aristotelis Pirilis and Freeda Pirilis, that moment was June 17, 2025, when Aristotelis filed for dissolution of their nearly two-decade union in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois.
They were both 45—equals in age, occupation, and residence—living, one presumes, in separate emotional worlds long before they lived in separate physical spaces. Married on July 2, 2006, in Chicago, they had tried, unsuccessfully, to mend the quiet damage of irreconcilable differences. Their separation exceeded the statutory requirement. What remained, according to Aristotelis, was a marriage “irretrievably broken.”
The petition, filed by the Law Offices of Rebecca L. Zeilenga, makes clear that the rupture reaches beyond the emotional into the practical: there is no prior agreement over parenting, debts, or division of assets. Their daughters, Elise and Farah, ages fifteen and eleven, are at the center of unresolved parental responsibilities. Aristotelis asserts he is fit to be granted custody and support arrangements in their best interests.
Freeda, according to the petition, is gainfully employed and fully capable of supporting herself and her children. The plea from Aristotelis is that she do so without seeking maintenance or reimbursement of legal costs. And with that, the petition becomes more than a legal document—it becomes a ledger of trust undone, of futures rewritten, and of a partnership formally laid to rest.
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