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Chicago heat. Autumn burn. Clock hits 3:02 p.m., September 30, 2025. Paper drops at Cook County Circuit Court. Maria Pooley wants out. She files. She signs. She’s done. Twenty-nine years married to Daniel Pooley. End of the line.
They tied the knot April 27, 1996. Raised two kids. They’re grown now. No custody. No drama there. The rest? A wreck in silence. Irreconcilable differences. That’s what she calls it. That’s what it is. No more reconciliation. No second run. Marriage broke. She says it can’t be fixed.
She’s 57. She’s not working. She says she can’t keep the life they built without support. She wants maintenance. Daniel’s 58. She says he can cover his own end without a dime from her. She wants the court to make the call.
There’s property. Marital. Nonmarital. She wants what’s fair. She wants what’s hers. She wants out clean. There’s debt too. Maria says Daniel should handle what’s under his name.
No other petitions. No other courts. Just this. One file. One marriage. One break.
Maria’s represented by Meghan Kasner of Buchanan Law Group. Sharp. Straight to the point. She’s asking the court to cut it final—dissolution, support, property split, debt assignment. And Maria wants her name back: Cody.
It’s not loud. It’s not messy. No scandals. No headlines. Just thirty years reduced to lines on a page. And that’s how it ends. No bang. No sob story. Just the clean snap of a worn-out tie.
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