Big Horn County District Court, Montana Filing Rules

A matter cannot be placed on the law and motion calendar until its motion or other documentation and all relevant supporting documents have been filed with the Clerk of Court.

An appropriate disclosure must be filed at least fifteen days before the Case Scheduling Conference.

Consult the Clerk of Court in the relevant County to determine the law-and-motion time and date.

Proof of service for papers must be filed promptly and before the Court or parties take action, except where the rules or statutes prescribe a particular method of proof.

Counsel must provide the Court Administrator an electronic copy of the proposed order in Word format.

The Court may continue a scheduled hearing on a pending motion on its own initiative or on a party’s written motion, with prior notice to all parties.

Documents that may be filed by mail may be filed by fax, except in counties that have adopted electronic filing.

After arraignment, either party may make a motion permitted by the Montana Rules of Criminal Procedure, but the moving party must notice it for hearing; dispositive motions must follow the Omnibus Hearing Order.

Courtesy copies of motions and briefs must be made available to the Court, may be mailed, faxed, or emailed to Chambers, and are strongly preferred by email to the Court Administrator; they are required even in counties with e-filing.

A motion for substitution of judge must include the required filing fee when filed or it will be stricken.

Briefs are limited to 20 pages, excluding indices and appendices; summary-judgment facts count toward the limit and additional pages require leave for good cause.