Mineral County District Court, Montana Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Pleadings must conform to Rule 1 of the Montana Uniform District Court Rules or the Clerk will not file them and will return them.

Any pleading filed in any action which does not conform to Rule 1 of the Montana Uniform District Court Rules shall not be filed by the Clerk and shall be returned to the party submitting it.

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Orders submitted with motions must be in a Word-formatted document.

All Orders (uncontested or not) shall accompany the motion as separate documents and be submitted in a Word- formatted document.

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Format

PDF

Emailed documents must be in PDF format and attached to the email.

(2) E-Mailed documents must be in a PDF format and submitted as an attachment to an email.

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An amended pleading must identify additions and deletions using strike-through and underlining.

If a pleading is allowed to be amended (upon a motion to amend complaint for example), the amended pleading shall highlight what has been added or deleted (by strike through and underlining).

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Proposed jury instructions must also be provided in a Word-formatted document.

The original and one copy of each instruction proposed must be furnished to the Court, along with the instructions in a Word- formatted document.

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At trial, exhibits must be marked with exhibit stickers provided by the clerk.

At trial, you must mark them with exhibit stickers that the clerk has

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Proposed findings documents must be provided to the Court in Word format for review.

The proposed document also shall be provided to the Court in Word-format for its review.

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Email documents must be properly signed and dated.

(1) All E-Mail Documents must be properly signed and dated.

WARNING

Pleadings should use either a proportionately spaced typeface of at least 14 points or a monospaced typeface of no more than 10.5 characters per inch; case names, headings, and signals may be underlined, italicized, or bolded.

All pleadings (brief, petition, motion or other paper) should be formatted using either a proportionately spaced typeface of 14 points or more, or a monospaced typeface of no more than 10.5 characters per inch. A proportionately spaced typeface has characters with different widths. A monospaced typeface has characters with the same advanced width. Case names, headings and signals may be underlined or in italics or bold.

WARNING

Multiple email addresses may be provided for an attorney or party, but together they may not exceed 100 characters and must be separated by semicolons.

Multiple email addresses may be provided for each attorney or party, but the total may not exceed 100 characters (each email address must be separated by a semi-colon).

WARNING

Parties may not attach a copy of an opinion that can be cited.

Parties may not in any case attach a copy of an opinion that can be cited.

WARNING

A Word-formatted document containing the Findings/Conclusions also should be supplied to the Court.

A Word-formatted document containing the Findings/Conclusions also should be supplied to the Court.

WARNING

State’s exhibits must be identified by number and Defense exhibits by letter.

In this Judicial District, State’s exhibits are identified by number and Defense exhibits are identified by letter.

INFO

Pre-marking exhibits is recommended; the clerk of court has exhibit stickers.

It is helpful to have exhibits pre-marked and the clerk of court has exhibit stickers.