Chapter III · TRIAL AND JUDGMENT

Rule 20. Relief from Judgment or Order

Amended 2025 (current)

The court may, upon motion or on its own initiative, relieve a party or a party's legal representative from a judgment or order for the following reasons:

(a) Mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect;

(b) Newly discovered evidence;

(c) Fraud, misrepresentation, or misconduct of an adverse party;

(d) The judgment or order is void;

(e) The judgment or order has been satisfied, released, or discharged, or the judgment or order is no longer equitable that the judgment or order should have prospective application; or

(f) Any other reason justifying relief from the operation of the judgment, or order, including that relief is warranted in the interests of justice. The motion shall be made within a reasonable time, and for reasons (a), (b), and

(c) not more than one (1) year after the judgment or order was entered. The filing of a motion under this rule does not, in the absence of further action by the court, affect the finality of a judgment or order or suspend its operation.