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In a quiet suburb of Hickory Hills, Illinois, Heather A. Smith filed a petition for the dissolution of her 15-year marriage to Jonathan E. Smith on November 7, 2024, in the Circuit Court of Cook County. Represented by Gwendolyn J. Sterk of Gwendolyn J. Sterk and the Family Law Group, PC, Heather asserts that irreconcilable differences have rendered their union irretrievably broken.
The couple married on June 20, 2009, in Illinois and share two children, ages 13 and 7. Heather requests allocation of parental responsibilities, seeking primary decision-making authority and parenting time, emphasizing her fitness to care for the children. The petition also calls for an equitable division of marital and non-marital assets while retaining her non-marital property.
Heather’s prayers to the court include a determination of maintenance and child support, ensuring that financial obligations are fairly assigned. She further asks the court to order Jonathan to cover his own legal expenses. With the home state of the minor children clearly established as Illinois, Heather seeks a resolution that honors the best interests of the children and brings clarity to the dissolution of their long-shared life.
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