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In Cook County, a familiar story of unraveling has taken shape. On October 9, 2025, Barbara Becker filed a petition to dissolve her twelve-year marriage to Oscar Buzzio, an act that marked the quiet collapse of what once appeared to be a sturdy home in Chicago. Married on September 21, 2013, the couple’s union had weathered a decade marked by children, shared debts, and the daily negotiations that hold marriages together—until, at last, the bond gave way to what the court filings called “irreconcilable differences.”
Barbara, 42, a homemaker and freelancer, claims in her petition that the marriage has suffered an irretrievable breakdown and that reconciliation would serve no purpose. She seeks to be designated the parent with the majority of parenting time for their two daughters, ages eight and four, both of whom have lived in Illinois since birth. Through her attorneys, Nottage and Ward LLP, Barbara requests that the court grant her maintenance and a fair division of marital property, asserting that she lacks sufficient income to sustain the standard of living established during the marriage.
Oscar, 55, remains employed and, according to the filing, is capable of supporting himself and contributing to the children’s needs. Barbara asks that he be ordered to pay reasonable child support, cover educational and medical expenses, and contribute to her legal fees. The petition ends not with anger, but with the calm inevitability of endings—two lives once merged now being carefully, painfully undone before the law.
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