§ RULE 18 JOINDER OF CLAIMS AND REMEDIES

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RULE 18. JOINDER OF CLAIMS AND REMEDIES

    (a) Joinder of Claims. A party asserting a claim for relief as an original claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim may join, either as independent or alternate claims, as many claims, legal or equitable, as the party may have against an opposing party, provided that nothing herein shall affect the obligation of a party under Rule 13(a).

    (b) Severance and Transfer.

        (1) Any claim against a party may be severed and proceeded with separately.

        (2) If the court determines that the action, or a particular claim, should in the interest of justice or judicial economy be heard in another division, the court may transfer it to that division.

    (c) Joinder of Remedies; Fraudulent Conveyances. Whenever a claim is one heretofore cognizable only after another claim has been prosecuted to a conclusion, the two claims may be joined in a single action; but the court shall grant relief in that action only in accordance with the relative substantive rights of the parties. In particular, a plaintiff may state a claim for money and a claim to have set aside a conveyance fraudulent as to him, without first having obtained judgment establishing the claim for money.