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

CRITICAL

Applies to

Minute entry

Service

Mail to all parties

After the record is received, the Clerk must mail the parties a minute entry setting a scheduling appearance for the next law-and-motion date, which must be at least ten days after the minute entry.

When an appeal from Justice or City court, being civil or criminal, has been filed and the record received by the Clerk of Court, the Clerk shall send out by regular mail to parties a minute entry setting the matter for a scheduling appearance at next scheduled law and motion date not less than ten (10) days from the date of the minute entry.

CRITICAL

If the petitioner knows that a child is receiving or applying for public assistance, the petitioner must immediately notify Montana’s Child Support Enforcement Division in writing and file proof of notice with the Clerk.

Any petition filed to commence proceedings involving modification of child support shall include a statement whether requesting party has knowledge of the child(ren) receiving or applying for public assistance and if so, petitioner shall immediately notify Montana’s Child Support Enforcement Division in writing of the pending action and file proof of such notice with the Clerk of Court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Petition

The petitioner must serve a copy of a petition for release of confidential criminal justice information on each agency maintaining the information.

A copy of any petition for the release of confidential confidential criminal justice information under §§ 44-5-111 and 44-5-303, M.C.A., shall be served by petitioning party upon each agency maintaining such information.

CRITICAL

If the original is not served on the day of telefax transmission, the telefaxed document must be served under Rule 5, M.R.Civ.P.

Should the original of the telefaxed document not be served on the same day as transmittal, service of the telefax document must be made as provided in Rule 5, M.R.Civ.P.

WARNING

The Clerk must provide appointed counsel copies of the filed Financial Disclosure Application.

Copies of filed Financial Disclosure Application shall be provided by the Clerk to appointed counsel.