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In the spring of 2025, a marriage that began in the heat of Georgia fourteen years ago reached its formal undoing in the colder precincts of Cook County, Illinois. On April 28, Jarmar Baker filed a petition for dissolution of marriage against Samone Baker, his wife of nearly a decade and a half, citing irreconcilable differences that had rendered their union unsalvageable. The couple were married on May 17, 2011, in Hinesville, Georgia, and shared one child, now ten, who has lived in Illinois for over six months—an anchoring detail in the court’s jurisdiction.
Jarmar, a 41-year-old resident of Alsip, Illinois, turned to IVY Legal for representation, seeking joint decision-making on matters concerning their child’s medical, educational, religious, and extracurricular affairs. Yet he acknowledges Samone, now living and working in Kuwait, as the parent who should hold the majority of parenting time and legal designation as custodian.
His petition outlines a life divided across continents and priorities. While Jarmar owns some non-marital property, both parties have accumulated assets—vehicles, bank accounts, retirement plans—and debts that now must be untangled. He asks the court to allocate these assets equitably, but requests no maintenance from either side, a nod perhaps to the self-sufficiency they both claim.
Crucially, Jarmar seeks child support from Samone, asserting that she is financially positioned to sustain the standard of living their son has known. The case now rests with the court to parse what remains from what was once whole.
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