Petition For Dissolution Of Marriage-Children (Pro Se)

STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ________ JUDICIAL CIRCUIT _____________ COUNTY IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: ) ) __________________________, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) and ) No. ____-D-____ ) __________________________, ) ) Defendant. ) PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE - CHILDREN I, ________________________________, without the assistance of an attorn ey, ask this Court for a Dissolution of Marriage. In support of my Petition, I state the follow ing items are true: 1. This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter, myself, and my spouse. 2. I am ____ years old. I reside at __________________________________ __. I live in ____________ County. I have been a resident of the State of Illinois for ______ years. My occupation is ______________________________. 3. My spouses name is _______________________. He/she is _____ years old . His/her address is___________________________________; and he/she has been a res ident of Illinois for _____ years. His/her occupation is _________________________. My spouse is not currently in military service with any of branches of the Armed Forces of the Unit ed States. 4. There are no other petitions for dissolution of marriage pending in any other county or state. American LegalNet, Inc. www.USCourtForms.com<<<<<<<<<********>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2 5. My spouse and I were lawfully married on __________________, 20 ___ at ____________________________________________, and the marriage was regis tered at _____________________ County, in the State of _________________________ _______. 6. My spouse and I have lived separate and apart continuously since ____________ ________________, 20 ___ and the reason I want a divorce is: ___________ ____________ ________________________________________________________________________ __ as defined by the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. 7. That the following children were born to or adopted by my spouse and me: _________________________________________, date of birth: _____/_____/__ __; _________________________________________, date of birth _____/_ ____/_____; _________________________________________, date of birth _____/_____/___ __; _________________________________________, date of birth: _____/_____/__ __; _________________________________________, date of birth _____/_____/___ __; ____________ _____________________________, date of birth _____/_____/_____. All of our child/ren reside with me and they have lived in Illinois for at least the last 6 months. 8. I am not pregnant. 9. Our child/ren have lived in the following places the last five years: ________________________________________________________________________ ______ ________________________________________________________________________ ______ ________________________________________________________________________ ______ _______________ _____________________________ ___ ______________________. 10. Our child/ren have lived with the following people in the last five years: ________________________________________________________________________ ______ _________________________________________ _____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ______ ____________________________________________________________________. American LegalNet, Inc. www.USCourtForms.com<<<<<<<<<********>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3 11. As far as I know, there are no custody cases involving our children pending in a court of this or any other state, except ______________ v. _______________, wh ich is currently pending in ______________________ County, State of ____________________. 12. As far as I know, there are no past custody cases involving the custody of our children in a court of this or any other state except:________________ v. _______ ________, which was in __________________________, County, State of ___________________. 13. No other person other than me and my spouse has physical custody of our child/ren or claims to have a right to custody or visitation with the child/ren. 14. Our child/ren are in my custody; I should have the temporary and pe rmanent care, custody, control, and education of our child/ren; and it is in the best interests of the child/ren that care, custody, control, and education be awarded to me. 15. I have in my possession the following items of non-marital property (property I got prior to our marriage, by inheritance, or by gift). My spouse did not help pa y for this property, and he/she has no legal right to any part of it:____________________________ ___________ ________________________________________________________________________ __ ________________________________________________________________________ __. 16. Our martial property (property we got after our marriage and not by inher itance or by gift) includes, but is not limited to, the following: _________________ _________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ___ _______ _______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ______ _____________________________________________________________________. I helped pay for our marital property. 17. I do not know if my spouse has obtained any marital property or debts since our separation. American LegalNet, Inc. www.USCourtForms.com<<<<<<<<<********>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4 18. Our martial debts (debts we got after our marriage) include, but are not limited to, the following: ___________________________________________________ _____________ ________________________________________________________________________ ______ ________________________________________________________________________ ______ _____________________________________________________________________. 19. My former/maiden name was: ______________________________________. WHEREFORE, I request: A. A Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage. B. That the Court award to me the temporary and permanent care, custody , control, and education of our child/ren and determine what kind of visitation my spouse will get. C. That the Court award to me all of the marital and non-marital property now in my possession. D. That the Court award to my spouse all of the marital and non-marital property now in his/her possession. E. That the Court order my spouse to take responsibility and pay for all leg al debts, liabilities and obligations we obtained since we got married. F. That the Court order