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Picture this: on March 6, 2025, Anna M. Carabez, sixty-nine and clocking in as a customer service rep, strides into the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, to ditch her marriage to Jose C. Carabez, seventy-three, an avocado farmer thriving in Mexico. She’s got John E. Witanen of John E. Witanen & Associates steering the ship, and the petition lands with a thud—a marriage kicked off November 30, 1974, in Chicago, now toast thanks to irreconcilable differences, split wide open since 2017.
Anna’s been Illinois-bound for over ninety days; Jose’s been in Mexico eight years. Three kids, all grown, no more coming—she’s firm on that. The haul? Chicago real estate she wants locked down, claiming Jose bailed on it; his Mexican land and avocado business, possibly joint; bank accounts, vehicles, the lot. She’s gunning for her non-marital stash too, plus a fair slice of their debts. Maintenance is on the table—she’s banking on Jose’s deeper pockets for temporary and permanent support, and she’s itching to reclaim her maiden name, Garza.
No sob story here—just Anna, cool and calculated, filing as March rolls in, chasing what’s hers from a union that’s run its course.
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