Schlussel v. Gerlach ex rel. County of Maricopa

OPINION

SWANN, Judge:

¶ 1 This special action presents the question whether timely renewal of an amended judgment more than five years after the entry of the original judgment is effective. We answer the question in the affirmative, and hold that the time to renew an amended judgment runs from the time that the amended judgment is entered. Such a renewal is effective as to all relief granted in the amended judgment.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2 In April 2009, the court entered a judgment against Mark E. Schlussel and in favor of Bentley Terrace Dillard (“the 2009 judgment”). Schlussel filed a…