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PRETRIAL/TRIAL DATES  AND PETITION DEADLINES

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The petition deadline is the date the petition must be received by the Court

The Court allows electronic filing of petitions, which are filed on the date received.
The original petition, which must be filed with the Court within 5 days after
the electronic petition is received (ARM 24.5.303(2)(c)); ARM 24.5.320(1)(c)), must
be received by the petition deadline for the matter to be scheduled on the upcoming
trial calendar.

If the Court receives the electronically filed petition before the petition deadline,
but receives the original petition after the petition deadline, Court staff will
issue a scheduling order setting the matter on the next trial term.
VENUE Spring '24 Summer '24 Fall '24 Winter '24/25 Spring '25
           
MISSOULA:          
Petition Deadline 12/18/23 03/18/24 06/17/24 09/16/2024 12/16/2024
Pretrial Week 02/19/24 05/20/24 08/19/24 11/18/2024 02/17/2025
Trial Week 03/04/24 06/03/24 09/02/24 12/02/2024 03/03/2025
           
HELENA:          
Petition Deadline 01/01/24 04/01/24 07/01/24 09/30/2024 12/30/2024
Pretrial Week 03/04/24 06/03/24 09/02/24 12/02/2024 03/03/2025
Trial Week 03/18/24 06/17/24 09/16/24 12/16/2024 03/17/2025
           
BUTTE:          
Petition Deadline 01/01/24 04/01/24 07/01/24 09/30/2024 12/30/2024
Pretrial Week 03/04/24 06/03/24 09/02/24 12/02/2024 03/03/2025
Trial Week 03/18/24 06/17/24 09/16/24 12/16/2024 03/17/2025
           
BILLINGS:          
Petition Deadline 01/15/24 04/15/24 07/15/24 10/14/2024 01/13/2025
Pretrial Week 03/18/24 06/17/24 09/16/24 12/16/2024 03/17/2025
Trial Week 04/01/24 07/01/24 09/30/24 12/30/2024 03/31/2025
           
GREAT FALLS:          
Petition Deadline 02/05/24 05/06/24 08/05/24 11/04/2024 02/03/2025
Pretrial Week 04/08/24 07/08/24 10/07/24 01/06/2025 04/07/2025
Trial Week 04/22/24 07/22/24 10/21/24 01/20/2025 04/21/2025
           
KALISPELL:          
Petition Deadline 02/26/24 05/27/24 08/26/24 11/25/2024 02/24/2025
Pretrial Week 04/29/24 07/29/24 10/28/24 01/27/2025 04/28/2025
Trial Week 05/13/24 08/12/24 11/11/24 02/10/2025 05/12/2025


To generally determine Venue in a matter, the Court has designated six cities to hold trial.  For scheduling purposes, the principal city of the counties listed below establish
the Venue as follows:

(a) Kalispell area: (i) Flathead and Lincoln.

(b) Missoula area: (i) Lake, Mineral, Missoula, Ravalli, and Sanders.

(c) Butte area: (i) Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell,
Silver Bow, Gallatin, Park, Sweet Grass, and Wheatland.

(d) Billings area: (i) Big Horn, Carbon, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Petroleum,
Stillwater, Treasure, Yellowstone, Carter, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, McCone,
Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Rosebud, Wibaux, Daniels, Garfield, Phillips,
Roosevelt, Sheridan, and Valley.

(e) Great Falls area: (i) Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill, Judith Basin, Liberty, Pondera, Teton, and Toole.

(f) Helena area: (i) Broadwater, Lewis and Clark, and Meagher

Upon agreement of the parties and consent of the Court, or upon an order of
the Court, the Court may hold a trial at any time and any place. The Court
attempts to accommodate parties' requests for special trial settings; however,
the Court reserves the discretion to determine the time and place of all trials.

See ARM 24.5.310 TIME AND PLACE OF TRIAL GENERALLY

 
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