JOINDER OF PARTIES

Subpart 1. Motion or amended petition. Upon a motion of a party or upon a judge's own motion, a judge may order the joinder of additional parties necessary for the full adjudication of the case. The petitioner may also join an additional party by filing an amended petition or motion according to part 1415.1000 , subpart 4. Subp. 2. Service. A party requesting joinder of additional parties shall serve a copy of the motion on all existing parties and the party to be joined. The moving party or petitioner joining a party by amended petition must also serve the party to be joined with copies of all pleadings and notice of the date, time, and place set for a settlement or pretrial conference or the hearing, if scheduled. Pleadings and attachments already filed in the division file shall not be refiled. When a judge joins parties on the judge's own motion, the office shall either serve the pleadings on the newly joined parties or designate a party to do so.