Maine procedural guides

Plain-English guides to the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, each one tied to the rules it relies on. Every rule named in a guide has its own page with the official text.

• Responding to a Maine complaint: 20 days, and no clerk's default in a debt caseMaine Rule 12(a) gives 20 days after service to answer, or 50 days if served outside the continental United States or Canada — and the clerk cannot enter default in foreclosure or consumer debt collection actions.
• Setting aside a Maine default judgment: debt collectors must show strict compliance firstMaine bars the clerk from entering default in debt buyer, credit card, student loan and foreclosure actions, and requires court review for strict compliance before judgment.
• The Maine motion to dismiss: twenty days to answer, ten after a denialMaine Rule 12(b) carries the familiar seven defenses, gives 20 days to answer, and 10 days after a motion is denied.
• Maine execution: an appeal stays it without a bond, and a default against an absent defendant waits a yearMaine Rule 62(e) stays execution for the whole appeal with no bond required, and Rule 62(b) bars execution for one year on a default against an absent defendant with no actual notice.

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