Petition For Dissolution Of Marriage-Joint Parenting (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 USE ONLY WHEN ASKING FOR A JOINT PARENTING ORDER I, ________________________________, without the assistance of an attor ney, ask this Court for a Dissolution of Marriage. In support of my Petition, I s tate the following 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; he/she resides at ___________________________________;and he/she has bee n a resident of the State 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 United 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 defi ned 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 year s: ____________________________________ _______________________________ ______ ____________________________________ _______________________________ ______ American LegalNet, Inc. www.USCourtForms.com<<<<<<<<<********>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3____________________________________ ________________________________ _____ 11. As far as I know, there are no custody cases involving our childre n pending in a court of this or any other state, except ______________ v. _____________ __, which is currently pending in ______________________, County, State of __________ __________. 12. As far as I know, there are no past custody cases involving the cust ody 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. My spouse and I share the temporary and permanent care, custody, co ntrol, and education of our child/ren; and it is in the best interests of our child /ren that joint care, custody, control, and education of the minor child(ren) be awarded to us. 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 pay 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 b y inheritance 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 gotten any marital property or debts sinc e 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 enter a Joint Parenting Order granting joint custody of our child/ren to the parties. C. That the Court award to me all of the marital and non-marital proper ty 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 al l legal debts, liabilities and obligations we got since we got married. F. That the Court order my spouse to pay me child support. G. That neither party be awarded maintenance. H. That I be allowed to use my mai