IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
__________________COUNTY, ILLINOIS
IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF:
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Plaintiff;
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(T ype or P rint P laintiff’s N am e)
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vs.
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No._______________________
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Defendant.
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(T ype or P rint D efendant’s N am e)
JOINT AFFIDAVIT REGARDING SEPARATION OF THE PARTIES.
DIVISION OF PROPERTY AND WAIVER OF BIFURCATED HEARING
NOW COME ______________________________, Plaintiff, and _______________________________ Defendant,
(T ype or P rint P laintiff’s N am e)
(T ype or P rint D efendant’s N am e)
and being first sworn on their oaths, depose and state as follows:
1.
That irreconcilable differences have caused the irretrievable breakdown of their m arriage.
2.
That all efforts at reconciliation of the differences between the parties have heretofore failed and
future attem pts at reconciliation would be im practicable and not in the best interest of the parties.
3.
That the parties have lived separate and apart for a continuous period of m ore than six (6) m onths
prior to the date of this affidavit, having separated on or about ___________________, ________ and
having rem ained living separate for all tim es thereafter.
(M onth,D ay)
(Year)
4.
a.
That each of the parties hereto expressly waive the requirem ent that the continuous period of
living separate and apart be in excess of two (2) years in order for the Court to enter a Dissolution of
Marriage based upon irreconcilable differences which have caused the irretrievable breakdown of
their m arriage; and,
b.
Each of the parties further stipulates that the requirem ent shall be reduced to a period only in
excess of six (6) m onths rather than in excess of two (2) years as provided by Section 401(a)(2) of the
Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
5.
That the m arital property belonging to the parties has been divided according to the term s of the
written agreem ent of the parties filed with the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage in this cause, and
that the parties have executed all docum ents required to carry out the agreem ent.
6.
That the parties waive any right either m ay have to a bifurcated hearing in this cause.
7.
That each of the parties represents that their signing of this Affidavit is their individual, sole, voluntary act.
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Plaintiff
Defendant
(P laintiff’s S ignature)
(D efendant’s S ignature)
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