Liberty County District Court, Montana Document Format Requirements

People appearing electronically must follow the Court’s verbal orders, including directions about microphones, background noise, and speaking turns.

All persons appearing via electronic means shall follow the Court’s verbal Orders during the proceedings, including but not limited to muting microphones, reducing background noise, and waiting for their turn to speak.

Video-conference participants must be able to see, hear, and otherwise observe physical evidence and exhibits presented during the proceeding.

All participants must be able to see, hear and otherwise observe any physical evidence or exhibits presented during the proceeding, either by video, facsimile, or other method.

Video-conference participants must be able to see, hear, and communicate with one another simultaneously.

All participants must be able to see, hear, and communicate with each other simultaneously.

Video quality must allow participants to observe one another’s demeanor and nonverbal communications.

Video quality must be adequate to allow participants to observe each other's demeanor and nonverbal communications.

Proposed orders submitted through the e-filing system must be in Word .doc format.

All proposed Orders submitted through the e-filing system shall be word.doc format.

Filed documents may not be altered by erasure or additions, deleted, or have pages removed and replaced, except for judge-handwritten and initialed amendments or as otherwise ordered by the Court.

No amendments shall be made to any filed document by erasing or adding any words in the original on file, except in the handwriting of the Judge, and initialed by the Judge, unless otherwise ordered by the Court. No documents shall be deleted from any file, nor shall any page in a document be removed and another substituted, therefrom.