Sweet Grass County District Court, Montana Filing Fees and Waivers

CRITICAL

The Clerk will not accept or file a document requiring a filing fee unless the fee is paid or the Court has approved a fee waiver in writing.

The Clerk of Court shall not accept or file any document required to be accompanied by a filing fee, unless the fee is paid or the Court has approved a fee waiver in writing.

CRITICAL

Fax or email filing does not change or delay required fees, which the filer must pay in the required manner and time.

The use of fax or email transmission shall not change or delay the required payment of fees. It shall be the obligation of the person filing the fax or email document to pay any required fees in the manner and within the required time.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Dissolution documents

The specified dissolution filings must include the judgment fee.

3. Dissolutions- a) Where both parties file a waiver of hearing; b) there are notarized written agreements on all issues; and c) a completed Vital Statistics form, judgment fee and proposed order accompanies documents.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Proposed judgment or decree

Judgment fees may be collected when the case begins but must be paid before or when a proposed Judgment or Decree is submitted.

Judgment fees may be collected at the outset of a case, but shall be paid prior to or upon submission of a proposed Judgment or Decree.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Complaint, petition, answer, or judgment

A complaint, petition, answer, or judgment will not be filed unless the required fee is paid or a fee waiver is approved.

No complaint, petition, answer or judgment will be filed without payment of the requisite filing fee or the approval of a waiver of fees.

WARNING

Applies to

Pleading filed by fax or email

The Clerk of Court may charge the statutory filing fee for a pleading filed by fax or email.

As dictated by statute, the Clerk of Court may charge the filing fee for filing a pleading by fax or email. § 25-1-201(1)(r), M.C.A.