Court Rules

Wheatland County District Court, Montana Document Format Requirements

5 rules from official source documents

Font, margin, spacing, and file format requirements for court filings.

CRITICAL

In marking trial exhibits, plaintiff shall use numbers, and defendants shall use letters. Multiple defendants should use a different initial before numbering of each exhibit. (Eg., Defendant Robin would use R-1, R-2, etc.)

In marking trial exhibits, plaintiff shall use numbers, and defendants shall use letters. Multiple defendants should use a different initial before numbering of each exhibit. (Eg., Defendant Robin would use R-1, R-2, etc.)

CRITICAL

Requested status reports must be submitted in writing.

Parties are to comply with such request within twenty (20) days in writing.

CRITICAL

Parties must be prepared to offer an unbound copy of approved jury instructions without citations of authority, identifying the offering party and using consecutive numbering as required by the cited rules.

To provide impartial copies for submission to the jury, parties must be prepared to offer an unbound copy of approved jury instructions absent of citation of authority, offered party and consecutive numbering required under Rules 7(b)&(c), Uniform District Court Rules.

WARNING

An accounting may be submitted informally by letter, accompanied by a list of account locations and proof of beginning and ending balances, with income and expenses itemized.

The accounting may be made informally by letter, together with a list showing the location of all accounts, proof of beginning balance, itemization of income and expenses, and proof of ending balance.

WARNING

Counsel should make a reasonable effort to pre-label trial exhibits.

Counsel shall make reasonable effort to pre-label all exhibits to be used at a trial.