STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ________ JUDICIAL CIRCUIT _____________ COUNTY IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: _____________________, Plaintiff, and _____________________, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. ______-D-______ PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE - CHILDREN USE ONLY WHEN ASKING FOR A JOINT PARENTING ORDER I, ________________________________, without the assistance of an attorney, ask this Court for a Dissolution of Marriage. In support of my Petition, I state 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 spouse's name is _______________________, he/she is _____ years old; he/she resides at ___________________________________;and he/she has been 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 5. My spouse and I were lawfully married on __________________, 20 ___ at ____________________________________________, and the marriage was registered 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 ____________________________________ _____________________________________ 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. _______________, which 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. My spouse and I share the temporary and permanent care, custody, control, 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 by 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 since our separation. American LegalNet, Inc. www.USCourtForms.com 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 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 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 maiden/former name. American LegalNet, Inc. www.USCourtForms.com I. That ____________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________. ______________________, Plaintiff Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section 5/1-109 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the undersigned certifies that the statements set forth in this instrument are true and correct, except as to matters therein stated to be on information and belief and as to such matters the undersigned certifies as aforesaid that she/he verily believes the same to be true. ________________________, Plaintiff American LegalNet, Inc. www.USCourtForms.com