Rule 71 – Process in Behalf of and against Persons Not Parties

May 13, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Maine

When an order is made in favor of a person who is not a party to the action, that person may enforce compliance with the order by the same process as if a party; and, when compliance with an order may be lawfully enforced against a person who is not a party, that person is liable to the same process for enforcing compliance with the order as if a party.

Me. R. Civ. P. 71

Advisory Committee’s Notes May 1, 2000

The rule is amended to substitute “compliance with” for “obedience to.”