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In a filing that places the matter before the Domestic Relations Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Rishard Dixon-Norris has petitioned to dissolve his marriage to Carleen Voltaire. The court record shows the petition was submitted March 4, 2026, beginning formal proceedings between the parties.
The petition identifies Dixon-Norris, 32, as a resident of New London, Connecticut. Voltaire, 35, is listed as residing in Mount Prospect in Cook County, Illinois, and the filing states she has lived in Illinois for more than ninety days prior to the commencement of the case. Their marriage, according to the document, was solemnized October 21, 2016, in Lincolnshire, Lake County, Illinois, and registered in Cook County.
Within the petition, Dixon-Norris states that irreconcilable differences have led to an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage and that attempts to reconcile have failed. The filing further indicates that no children were born to the parties, none were adopted, and that Voltaire is not presently pregnant.
The document also states that the parties accumulated marital assets during the course of the marriage that will require division and distribution under Illinois law. Dixon-Norris asks the court to assign each party their respective non-marital property and to award each an equitable share of marital property. The petition further requests that both parties be barred from seeking maintenance and that each pay their own attorney’s fees and costs.
With the petition now recorded by the clerk, the matter moves into the steady progression of court procedure—responses, scheduling, and review by the bench. Such filings mark the point at which private decisions are translated into formal legal steps, allowing the court to oversee the division of property and the closing of a marriage under the law.
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