In re Marriage of Gutman

PRESIDING JUSTICE GEOMETER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The trial court granted petitioner Daniel Gutman’s postdissolution petition to terminate maintenance. Twenty-nine days later, respondent Mary Gutman moved to vacate that judgment. The court denied that motion, and, 35 days later, Mary moved to reconsider. The court denied that motion, and Mary appealed, while her own civil contempt petition was pending. We hold that, despite the pendency of the contempt petition, the court’s judgment granting Daniel’s petition to terminate maintenance was the final judgment as to all “claims for…