ME · rules
M.R. Civ. P. 115
NO JUDGMENT WITHOUT HEARING; JUDGMENTS TO BE FINAL
(a) Hearing.
Unless otherwise provided by these rules, no final judgment, other than
a dismissal for want of prosecution, shall be entered in an original action under
these rules except after hearing, which may be ex parte if a party does not
appear. With the permission of the court, a party may appear at a hearing by
telephone or by video-conference.
(b) Finality. Unless otherwise ordered by the court on its own motion or
on request of a party, any order granting a divorce, annulment, judicial
separation, disposition of property, or other disposition, award, or division of
property incident to a divorce, annulment, judicial separation or any order
relating to paternity, parentage, parental rights and responsibilities including
child support, emancipation, and visitation rights of grandparents, other than a
temporary or interim order under these rules, shall be a final judgment,
notwithstanding the pendency of any other claim or counterclaim in the action.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.maine.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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