Pearson v. Pearson

Opinion

The plaintiff, Margaret Pearson, appeals from the trial court’s refusal to consider her motion to open the judgment dissolving her marriage to the defendant, Gary Pearson. The plaintiff claims that the court failed to meet its obligation to decide every matter properly before it, and that, by doing so, the court deprived her of her right to appeal the judgment of dissolution by causing the twenty day appeal period to expire without considering her motion. Because we decide that the appeal is moot, we dismiss the appeal.

The following facts and procedural history are relevant to our…