Rule 18. JOINDER OF CLAIMS AND REMEDIES

(a) Joinder of Claims. (1) Probate Proceedings. In formal probate proceedings, a petitioner may join as many requests for relief within the exclusive jurisdiction of the court as the petitioner has concerning the estate which, or minor or incapacitated or disabled person who, is the subject of the proceeding. Requests for the appointment of guardians or conservators or other protective orders may be joined with requests for formal orders concerning decedents’ estates if the minor or incapacitated or disabled person involved is a person interested in the estate. An application for informal probate may be joined with an application for informal appointment of a personal representative. No other joinder of requests or claims for relief shall be allowed in probate proceedings. (2) Civil Proceedings. In civil proceedings, a party asserting a claim to relief as an original claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim, may join either as independent or as alternate claims as many claims either legal or equitable or both as the party has against an opposing party, provided that each of such claims is independently within the concurrent jurisdiction of the court. (b) Joinder of Remedies; Fraudulent Conveyances. Rule 18(b) of the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure governs civil proceedings in the Probate Courts.