In re Marriage of Jensen

PRESIDING JUSTICE STOUDER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The petitioner, Norman E. Jensen, appeals the denial of his petition to terminate his obligation to pay maintenance to the respondent, Mary A. Jensen.

The record shows that the parties were divorced in 1987. The settlement agreement incorporated in the order of dissolution stated that Norman was to pay “permanent maintenance” of $45 per week. After Mary remarried five months later, Norman filed a petition to terminate maintenance. The petition was based on section 510(c) of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Ill.…