Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 5960 (2026)

Supplemental relief

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Further relief based on a declaratory judgment or decree may be granted whenever necessary or proper. The application therefor shall be by petition to a court having jurisdiction to grant the relief. If the application be deemed sufficient, the court shall, on reasonable notice, require any adverse party whose rights have been adjudicated by the declaratory judgment or decree to show cause why further relief should not be granted forthwith.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 11 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2000–2021 · leading case: Waterville Indus., Inc. v. Fin. Auth., 2000 ME 138 (Me. 2000).

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Waterville Indus., Inc. v. Fin. Auth., 2000 ME 138 (Me. 2000). “See 14 M.R.S.A. § 5960 (1980) ("Further relief based on a declaratory judgment or decree may be granted whenever necessary or proper.”

Kinderhaus North LLC v. Nicolas (Me. Super. Ct 2020). · cites it 2× “30 If the illustration contained in Appendix 2 is not sufficient for the parties to agree upon the precise location of where the driveway can be built in the ROW, or if the parties need an officially sanctioned metes and bounds description of the permissible driveway location,…”

Us Bank Nat'l Ass'n as Tr. for Structured Asset Inv. Loan Trust Mortg. Pass-through Certificates Series 2005-4 v. Janelle (D. Me. 2021). “The language of 14 M.R.S. § 5960, however, gives the Court some pause.”

Us Bank Nat'l Ass'n as Tr. for Structured Asset Inv. Loan Trust Mortg. Pass-through Certificates Series 2005-4 v. Janelle (D. Me. 2021). “Bank that it has the authority to issue such an injunction, but the Court deferred ruling in order to comply with 14 M.R.S. § 5960. Am. Order on Pending Mots.”

Maine Citizens for Clean Elections v. LePage (Me. Super. Ct 2018). “Moreover, 14 M.R.S. §5960 authorizes the Court to grant supplemental relief based on the declaratory judgment "whenever necessary or proper.”

Maples v. Contorakes (Me. Super. Ct 2020). “7 If Plaintiffs refuse to pay assessments once Defendants believe they have become substantially compliant, Defendants can petition this Court for supplemental relief pursuant to 14 M.R.S. § 5960. 34 another person of a method, act or practice declared unlawful by section 207 or…”

Cianchette v. Cianchette (Me. Super. Ct 2021). “Defendants relied on 14 M.R.S. § 5960 which they claimed permitted the Court in a declaratory judgment action to grant “further relief” whenever “necessary or proper”.”

Plummer v. Piombino (Me. Super. Ct 2003). “At some point down the road, supplemental relief upon a proper showing may be available under 14 M.R.S.A. §5960. 11. The enmity between Ms.”

Maine Mun. Assoc. v. Maine Dep't of Health & Human Servs. (Me. Super. Ct 2015). “See also 14 M.R.S. § 5960 (if necessary, further relief may be granted to supplement declaratory relief).”

Conservation Law Found., Inc. v. State of Maine, Dep't of Envtl. Prot. (Me. Super. Ct 2000). “” 14 M.RS.A. § 5960. The infirmity in this argument is that it does not add to or differ from the original bases on which CLF sought approval to supplement its pleadings and obtain equitable relief, namely that the dock harms its members' "scenic, aesthetic, recreational and…”

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