Carbon County District Court, Montana Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Interrogatories and their answers must conform in form to Rule 33 of the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure.

The form of interrogatories and answers thereto shall conform to the requirements of Rule 33, M.R.Civ.P.

CRITICAL

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

Counsel shall provide an electronic copy of the proposed Order in Word format to the Court Administrator.

CRITICAL

Briefs must use Times New Roman or Arial font at a size of at least 12 points.

B. Acceptable Fonts: All briefs shall be written in either Times New Roman or Arial font, no smaller than 12 pt.

CRITICAL

Electronic copies of proposed instructions and verdict forms must be provided in Word format by email, CD, or other electronic media; the Court prefers email.

Electronic copies of the proposed instructions and verdict forms shall be provided to the Court in Word format, via email, CD, or other electronic media. The Court’s preferred method of receiving proposed instructions and verdict forms is by email.

WARNING

Briefs must comply with Local Rule 10-2 or may be stricken and not considered.

All briefs shall comply with Local Rule 10-2, infra. Failure to comply with Local Rule 10-2 may subject an offending brief to being stricken from the record and not being considered by the Court.

WARNING

The Court may strike papers that do not conform to Rules 10 or 11 of the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure.

Any papers filed which do not conform to Rule 10 or 11, M.R.Civ.P., may be stricken by the Court, on its own initiative and upon such terms as to the Court may appear just.

WARNING

Proposed orders submitted by registered users must be in Word format so Chambers can edit them.

Registered users shall submit all proposed orders in the electronic filing system in Word format so they may be edited as necessary by Chambers.

WARNING

Briefs must comply with Rule 1, U.D.C.R., including its requirements for pagination, spacing, and page numbering.

A. Form of Briefs: All briefs shall comply with Rule 1, U.D.C.R., including but not limited to its restrictions on pagination, spacing, page numbering, etc.