Garfield County District Court, Montana Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

All filings must follow UDCR 1 and have a left-justified body.

All filings shall be formatted as directed by UDCR 1, and utilize left justify for the body of the document.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

Scanned documents filed electronically must be in PDF format.

The required format for electronically filing of scanned documents is PDF.

CRITICAL

Proposed orders transmitted electronically must be in Microsoft Word format.

The required format for electronically transmitted proposed orders is Microsoft Word.

CRITICAL

Exhibits must be marked before trial or during recesses; plaintiffs use numbers and defendants use letters.

All exhibits are to be marked prior to trial or during recesses. Plaintiff/petitioner shall mark exhibits with a number, and the defendant/respondent shall utilize a letter.

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

Citation-bearing jury instructions emailed to the judicial assistant 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

Jury instructions must be printed on 8½-by-11-inch paper.

Instructions shall be printed on 8½” x 11” paper.

CRITICAL

Proposed instructions filed with the Clerk must be marked as Plaintiff’s Proposed number or Defendant’s Proposed number.

Proposed Instructions filed with the Clerk of Court shall be marked and identified as Plaintiff’s Proposed # or Defendant’s Proposed #.

WARNING

Counsel should avoid leaving a page containing only a date or judge-signature line in filings longer than one page.

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 the proposed order accompanying a motion.

The preferred format is a Microsoft Word document.

INFO

Microsoft Word is the preferred format for proposed findings and conclusions submitted to the judge.

In addition to the submission for the Court file, the preferred format for submission to the judge is Microsoft Word.