In Re the Marriage of Zale

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• concluding that the parol evidence rule does not apply to a judgment
• recognizing that termination of a spousal maintenance award is permitted
• recognizing that termination of a spousal maintenance award is permitted
• noting that it was error to consider parol evidence to resolve a dispute about the duration of an award of spousal maintenance
• “[A]pplying the parol evidence rule to a judgment would create a result contrary to the very rationale for a judgment.”
• stating a consent decree, as a final judgment, is “an independent resolution by the court of the issues before it” and applying the parol evidence rule constitutes an “impermissible collateral attack”

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