Madison County District Court, Montana Electronic Filing Rules

Cases must be filed electronically unless specifically exempted.

All cases shall be filed using e-filing unless specifically exempted.

Applies to

Jury instructions

Parties must provide only an electronic copy of jury instructions in Word format to the Judicial Assistant by email.

4.4 Parties shall provide only an electronic copy of instructions in Word format to Diane Kaatz, Judicial Assistant at dkaatz@mt.gov.

Pro se litigants and the specified probate, guardianship, paternity, and adoption cases cannot currently e-file and must use Rule 3.5; e-filing will be required once available for those filings.

All pro se litigants and DP (probate), DG (guardianship), DF (paternity), and DA (adoption) cases cannot be e-filed at this time. Filings in these matters shall be filed in accordance with rule 3.5. When efile becomes available for these filings, efile will be required.

Documents not currently accepted through e-filing may be submitted in person, by email, or by facsimile; emailed or faxed documents are originals, mailed originals are unnecessary, and duplicates may not be filed.

All documents not currently accepted by e-filing may be submitted for filing in person, by email, or facsimile and must be accompanied by the fee of $.50/page as required by §25-1-201(1)(r), MCA. Documents filed by email or facsimile are considered the originals. Mailed original documents are not required and duplicates may not be filed.