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Well, it was on October 20, 2023, in Cook County, Illinois, that a feller by the name of Joseph Debrizzio, or as folks call him, Joe, and his missus, Paula Gayle Debrizzio, Paula for short, done up and filed for a divorce. They’d been hitched since February 25, 1984, but I reckon that old river of matrimony was runnin’ dry for ’em.

They claimed these “irreconcilable differences” were the reason for splittin’. I can’t say who’s a-blamin’ who, ’cause that piece of paper didn’t spill the beans on that.

Now, these two had themselves a trio of young’uns—Sarah, Melissa, and Frank, but they’re all growed up now, ages rangin’ from 32 to 38. No need to fuss over who gets the toys anymore, I reckon.

Joe, he’s got himself a legal eagle, goes by the name of Robert J. Boszko from SLG Family Law. He’s got a list of demands longer than a Mississippi riverboat. Wants the marriage dissolved, divvying up property like they’re splitting a deck of cards, and puttin’ a cork on any maintenance payments to Paula. Oh, and he don’t want no attorney’s fees and costs goin’ her way neither.

The paper also says there’s some property, both of the marital and non-marital kind, but it don’t say what they aim to do with it.

So, there you have it—Joe and Paula Debrizzio’s journey down the river of divorce in good ol’ Cook County, Illinois. They’re bound to find their way, or so the river bends.

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