A declaratory judgment may be either affirmative or negative in form and effect; and shall have the force and effect of a final judgment or decree. For the following reasons, we convert the appeal to an application for supervisory writ, grant the writ, and reverse the trial court's judgment.After entry of an interlocutory order of default, a default judgment may be entered. Any party may demand a jury to assess damages. First Adopted: May 22, 1987. Most Recently Effective: January 1, 2016. We cannot, however, accept this argument. On June 6, the investors moved to intervene in the federal declaratory judgment action--a motion Royal opposed. Of Declaratory Judgment Act. Rather, we have selected specific issues and discuss them primarily in the context of more recent cases and developments.