Carter County District Court, Montana Document Format Requirements
10 rules from official source documents
Font, margin, spacing, and file format requirements for court filings.
CRITICAL
Documents filed with the Clerk of Court must not be stapled.
In order to facilitate scanning and entry into the Full Court case management system, documents filed with the Clerk of Court shall not be stapled.
CRITICAL
Jury instructions must be printed on 8½-by-11-inch paper.
Instructions shall be printed on 8½” x 11” paper.
CRITICAL
Proposed orders transmitted electronically must be in Microsoft Word format.
The required format for electronically transmitted proposed orders is Microsoft Word.
CRITICAL
The emailed jury instructions with citations must be in Microsoft Word format.
In addition, attorneys must email the jury instructions with citations to the judicial assistant in Microsoft Word format.
CRITICAL
Filings must comply with UDCR 1 and use left justification for the document body.
All filings shall be formatted as directed by UDCR 1, and utilize left justify for the body of the document.
CRITICAL
- Format
Scanned documents filed electronically must be in PDF format.
The required format for electronically filing of scanned documents is PDF.
WARNING
The Court may strike papers that do not conform to Montana Rules of Civil Procedure 10 and 11.
Any papers filed which do not conform to Rule 10 and 11 of the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure may be stricken by the Court on its own initiative in accordance with Rule 11.
WARNING
Counsel should ensure that a filing longer than one page does not leave a page containing only the date or a judge’s signature line.
Counsel shall take care that any filing of more than one page in length does not leave one page with a “dangling signature line,” i.e., a page with only the date and/or a line for the judge’s signature.
INFO
Microsoft Word is the preferred format for a proposed order accompanying a motion.
The preferred format is a Microsoft Word document.
INFO
Microsoft Word is the preferred format for submitting proposed findings and conclusions to the judge.
In addition to the submission for the Court file, the preferred format for submission to the judge is Microsoft Word.
What formatting rules apply to filings in Carter County District Court, Montana?
Carter County District Court, Montana's formatting rule includes letter paper. Jury instructions must be printed on 8½-by-11-inch paper.
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