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There’s a kind of stillness that follows a long silence, and Alejandro Sotelo has been sitting with it for twenty years. On May 15, 2025, in Cook County, Illinois, Alejandro filed for dissolution of marriage from Berta Sotelo, his wife since March 27, 1996. But the echoes of their life together had faded long before that—since 2005, by his account.
No children bound them, no debts kept them tethered. Whatever once was between them—whether it was borne of youth, love, or simple convenience—has long since grown cold. Alejandro, with the assistance of his attorney, Helen A. Lesczynski of 3604 W. 26th Street, Chicago, is seeking to sever the last legal strand of a marriage that, by all appearances, existed in name only for the past two decades.
Citing irreconcilable differences as the reason, Alejandro declared the marriage irretrievably broken. He told the court that reconciliation isn’t just unlikely—it would be unwise. With Berta’s whereabouts unknown, he has also asked permission to serve notice by publication, a quiet legal call into the wind.
So, while the clock has ticked on since they last shared a roof, Alejandro now seeks what perhaps should’ve been claimed long ago: a formal farewell, signed and sealed by the court, to a union long since expired in everything but paperwork.
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