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In the shadowed pulse of Chicago’s sprawl, where Cook County’s courts hum with the residue of broken vows, Michael Thomas stood on July 31, 2025, to untangle his life from Valentina Thomas. Married on November 14, 2005, in Maywood’s fleeting light, their nearly twenty-year bond frayed under irreconcilable differences, six months of separation sealing its end. With Agnes Olechno of Williams, Farmer & Olechno, LLC, Michael seeks dissolution, his voice a quiet insistence amid the legal din.
Two children mark their shared past: one emancipated, the other, a sixteen-year-old, still binds them. Michael petitions for a parenting plan granting him the majority of time with their minor child, or shared responsibilities if agreed, prioritizing the child’s needs. Both parents, he argues, must contribute financially to their son’s care. The couple’s marital property—earned through Michael’s labor—and their debts demand equitable division, while non-marital assets await their rightful return.
Valentina, unemployed yet capable, faces a bar on maintenance, her resources deemed sufficient. Legal costs, too, fall to each alone. In this stark tableau, Michael’s plea is for clarity: a dissolved marriage, a fair share of their shared life, and a path forward for their son. The courtroom, a crucible of fractured intimacies, must now weigh their past, carving a future from the remnants of what once held fast.
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