§ Rule 115 No Judgment Without Hearing; Judgments to be Final

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Rule 115. No Judgment Without Hearing; Judgments to be Final

    (a) Hearing.

    Unless otherwise provided by these rules, no judgment, other than a dismissal for want of prosecution, shall be entered in an original action under these rules except after hearing, which may be ex parte if a party does not appear. With the permission of the court, a party may appear at a hearing by telephone or by videoconference.

    (b) Finality. Unless otherwise ordered by the court on its own motion or on request of a party, any order granting a divorce, annulment, judicial separation, disposition of property, or other disposition, award, or division of property incident to a divorce, annulment, judicial separation or any order relating to paternity, parentage, parental rights and responsibilities including child support, emancipation, and visitation rights of grandparents, other than a temporary or interim order under these rules, shall be a final judgment, notwithstanding the pendency of any other claim or counterclaim in the action.