Contreras v. Mendez

Lidia Contreras, plaintiff below, appeals a circuit court order vacating an April 2013 order striking the defendant’s affirmative defenses and a May 2013 amended final judgment in favor of Contreras granting rescission of a quitclaim deed. The amended final judgment expressly stated that it would “act as a duly executed instrument of conveyance” transferring the defendant’s interest in the subject residential property to Contreras. The order and amended final judgment were entered following the withdrawal of the defendant’s counsel and the entry of an order allowing the defendant time (a) to…