Beaverhead County District Court, Montana Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Writs of execution must follow the Clerk’s available format or a substantially similar format.

7.2 Writs of execution must include information in accord with the format available from the Clerk of Court or in a substantially similar form.

CRITICAL

Parties must provide only an electronic copy of jury instructions in Word format to the Judicial Assistant.

4.4 Parties shall provide only an electronic copy of instructions in Word format to Diane Kaatz, Judicial Assistant at dkaatz@mt.gov.

CRITICAL

Exhibits must be pre-labeled with numbered labels for plaintiffs or petitioners and lettered labels for defendants or respondents.

8.2 Exhibits must be pre-labeled as follows: (1) Plaintiff’s/Petitioner’s (Exhibit 1, 2, 3, etc.); or (2) Defendant’s/Respondent’s (Exhibit A, B, C, etc.).

CRITICAL

Proposed e-file orders must be in Word, submitted as separate documents categorized as Proposed Orders, and omit a footer and the judge’s signature/date block.

All proposed e-file Orders shall be filed in Word, as a separate document categorized as a Proposed Order in e-file, and shall not have a footer, or signature/date block for the judge.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

Emailed documents must be in PDF format and attached to the email.

(2) emailed documents must be in a PDF format and submitted as an attachment to an email.

WARNING

Email- or facsimile-filed documents are originals; mailed originals are unnecessary, and duplicates may not be filed.

Documents filed by email or facsimile are considered the originals. Mailed original documents are not required and duplicates may not be filed.

WARNING

Motions, stipulations, and other such filings must be separate documents from proposed orders.

All motions, stipulations, etc. must be a separate document from the proposed order.