JOINDER, CONSOLIDATION AND INTERVENTION

(a) Joinder. Joinder of Claims and Remedies (1) . Grandparent visitation and emancipation actions shall not be joined with other Family Division actions. Any other claim, counterclaim or request for relief that could be brought as a separate Family Division action may be joined to an action under these rules. Joinder of Persons or Entities (2) . The only persons who may be joined as parties to an action under these rules are persons or entities specifically authorized to file or participate in a Family Division action by Title 19-A of the Maine Revised Statutes. However, persons who file emancipation or grandparents’ visitation actions may not be joined. (b) Consolidation. Rule 42 governs consolidation in Family Division matters. (c) Intervention. A person may petition to intervene in a Family Division action only when that intervention is specifically authorized by statute, or when the individual or entity would be authorized to file a complaint or post-judgment motion involving one or more of the same parties and issues that are being addressed in the Family Division action in which the person is seeking to intervene. A person asserting a claim for parentage or de facto parentage may not intervene in a pending divorce or parental rights and responsibilities case, but must file and serve a separate petition for parentage 246 and parental rights and responsibilities. Where intervention is authorized, practice regarding intervention is governed by Rule 24.