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There is a particular loneliness in asking a court to acknowledge the end of a marriage, and in Adam Bruene’s petition—filed November 5, 2025 in Cook County—one senses a man attempting to narrate that ending with precision, as if clarity might soften its edges. Represented by Sunney Kohlhoss of SK Law, P.C., Adam lays out the contours of a relationship that began in 2013 in Arlington Heights and slowly unraveled into what he now calls an irretrievable breakdown.
Both he and Julia Bruene have lived in Illinois long enough to meet statutory requirements; both have built stable lives without children together. Yet stability is not the same as harmony. The petition describes irreconcilable differences that have persisted beyond reconciliation, making further attempts futile. What remains for the court is the unraveling of the shared estate: marital and non-marital property, personal belongings, accounts, and debts woven across twelve years of marriage.
Adam asks the court to award him his personal and non-marital property, as well as an equitable share of their marital assets. He further seeks maintenance, asserting he cannot maintain the marital standard of living without financial support, while requesting that Julia be barred from receiving maintenance due to her ability to support herself. He also asks that any marital debts be divided equitably and that debts held individually remain the responsibility of each party. Finally, Adam seeks contribution from Julia toward his attorneys’ fees and costs, and requests any further relief the court finds just.
In these pages, dissolution becomes both a legal remedy and a quiet accounting of what remains after a shared history is no longer shared.
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