Madison County District Court, Montana Service and Proof of Service Rules

CRITICAL

Applies to

Filing document

Documents offered for filing, except complaints, must include documentation demonstrating service; documents requiring a certificate of service must have it attached or they will be returned.

Proper documentation demonstrating service must accompany all documents offered for filing other than a complaint. The Court will not consider any documents requiring a certificate of service that do not have a certificate of service attached. The Clerk of Court shall return documents that are not in compliance with this subsection 2.2 forthwith and without further order.

CRITICAL

Each party must serve an appropriate disclosure no later than 30 days after entry of the case scheduling order.

Each party shall serve an appropriate disclosure not later than 30 days after entry of the case scheduling order.

CRITICAL

The notice of termination must be served on the attorney’s client and the opposing party.

After the final disposition of a case and after the time for appeal has expired, an attorney is relieved of the attorney’s duties as counsel of record, provided the attorney first files a notice of termination with the Clerk of Court and serves the notice on their client and the opposing party.

CRITICAL

After termination, notice must be served on the opposing party as provided by Rule 4(D), M. R. Civ. P.

Thereafter, notice must be served on the opposing party as provided in Rule 4(D), M. R. Civ. P.

CRITICAL

A party that files any document electronically is deemed to have consented in writing to receive documents electronically.

A party who has filed any document in the Court electronically is deemed to have provided written consent to receive documents electronically. (Rule 5(b)(2)(E), M. R. Civ. P.)

CRITICAL

The dissolution filing must include proof of service upon the opposing party.

(a) there is filed a verified petition and uncontroverted affidavit, including proof of service upon the opposing party;

INFO

The Clerk of Court may distribute copies of Court orders and minute entries by email instead of hard copy.

To promote the electronic storage and exchange of documents and reduce redundant scanning of documents produced by the Court, the Clerk of Court may distribute copies of Court orders and minute entries by email rather than by hard copy.