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In a petition filed on May 16, 2025, in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Ryan McCabe, 35, sought to dissolve his marriage to Erica McCabe, also 35, marking the quiet unraveling of a union formalized on June 28, 2014, in Missouri. After more than a decade together, including six months of physical separation, Ryan now asserts that irreconcilable differences have made their marital bond unsalvageable.
Represented by attorney Alia Caravelli of Caravelli Blair Law, LLC, Ryan outlines the practical and emotional distance that has grown between them—an erosion exacerbated by unresolved financial disparities and divergent paths. The couple shares a five-year-old child, and while no prior custody or dissolution actions are pending, Ryan’s petition signals the beginning of a new chapter steeped in complex negotiations over parental responsibility, child support, property division, and debt allocation.
The filing underscores a sharp imbalance in financial standing: Ryan claims he cannot meet his own needs or those of their child without Erica’s support, requesting the court to award maintenance and a contribution toward attorney’s fees. Notably, no agreements on asset division or custody exist yet, leaving the outcome open to judicial discretion.
In the backdrop is a courtroom that now convenes over Zoom, a quiet digital forum where families fracture and futures are decided. What began with vows in Missouri ends with paperwork in Cook County, where love once lived and now the law remains.
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