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Beneath the calm language of a legal petition lies the echo of a fractured union — one that began in summer sun and now concludes beneath the fluorescent glow of Cook County’s family courts. On June 5, 2025, Jennifer Tynes filed a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage against David Tynes III, bringing to light a quiet story of separation that began with vows exchanged in Chicago on July 24, 2009.
Sixteen years later, the marriage, once filled with domestic routines and accumulated belongings, has ended not in scandal but in slow erosion. The couple separated in May 2023. No children anchor the home; there is no pregnancy, no guardianship in question — only property, debts, and a final request for dignity and independence.
Jennifer, represented by attorney Julia Strehl of Georges & Synowiecki, affirms the marriage’s irretrievable breakdown. Her petition seeks the equitable division of marital assets, including furniture, personal items, cash accounts, stocks, a 2025 Toyota RAV4, and retirement holdings. She also calls on the court to recognize and return her non-marital assets: jewelry, inheritance, and other belongings acquired without David’s hand.
She requests that maintenance be denied to the respondent and that she be granted the right to resume her maiden name — Mabeus — reclaiming identity as part of the closing act.
In the margins of this dissolution lies a quiet, precise story: a shared life ending not in violence, but in paperwork, principle, and resolve.
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