Title 25, Title 25

An attorney seeking to be admitted to practice before the court on a particular case, who is not admitted to the Bar of Montana, and who is authorized to practice law in the highest courts of another state, must at the time of his or her first appearance in a district court in Mo…

(a) In a multijudge district court of Montana, a chief district judge shall be selected at the beginning of each calendar year, and the position shall rotate among the judges of the district annually, unless they agree otherwise. The rotation shall commence with the most senior d…

Nothing in these Rules shall be construed as limiting the power of the district courts from promulgating rules that do not conflict with these Rules.

(a) An attorney's copied or electronically-generated signature shall be deemed original for all court-filed documents. (b) Pursuant to M. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(E), some or all of the parties may stipulate to provide service of all papers required to be served under M. R. Civ. P. 5(a)(1…

(a) Unless one or both parties objects or the court orders otherwise, in every original or modification action for dissolution of marriage, parenting and visitation, child and medical support, declaration of invalidity of marriage, paternity, separation, grandparent-grandchild co…

(a) Prerequisites to Filing a Motion. The text of the motion must state that other parties have been contacted and state whether any party objects to the motion. Parties that have not yet appeared in the action or whose default has been entered need not be contacted. When a motio…

Except as otherwise provided by these Rules or statute, no document, including briefs, proposed orders and proposed judgments, or other communications, may be presented to the court at any time unless it is first filed with the court and served on all parties.

(a) Depositions upon oral or written examinations, interrogatories and answers thereto, requests for production of documents and responses thereto, and requests for admissions and responses thereto shall not be filed without leave of court. When any motion is filed referring to d…

(a) Pre-trial. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, a pre-trial conference shall be held in all contested civil cases. (b) Not later than seven days prior to the pre-trial conference, Plaintiff shall convene a conference of all parties for the purpose of preparing a pre-trial o…

(a) The purpose of this rule is to protect the right to trial by jury in civil actions; to provide maximum access to the district courts and opportunity for citizens to participate in the civil justice system in civil actions; to enhance the provision of just, speedy, and inexpen…

(a) Submission. All proposed jury instructions and verdict forms must be delivered to the court in duplicate and a copy served upon all opposing parties at the time fixed in the pre-trial order. Subsequently, additional instructions may be allowed to prevent manifest injustice. (…

Unless ordered otherwise, in all matters where the court must enter findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to M. R. Civ. P. 52, all parties shall file with the court, and serve upon all opposing parties, at least seven days prior to the scheduled trial or hearing, propo…

(a) All jurors are requested to complete a questionnaire in the form on file with the clerk in his/her general order file and which contains basic vital statistics and other pertinent information. The completed forms will only be available to the parties, the attorneys for the pa…