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Bankruptcy court

District of Montana

The District of Montana is the federal bankruptcy court for 56 counties in Montana, divided into 4 divisions.

Divisions and counties served

A case is filed in the division that covers the filer’s county. Each assignment below comes from the court’s own order or local rule.

Billings Division

25 counties

Mont. LBR 5001-2(a) (Divisions of Court): "(a) Billings Division: Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield, Golden Valley, McCone, Musselshell, Petroleum, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sheridan, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Treasure, Valley, Wheatland, Wibaux, and Yellowstone."

Butte Division

11 counties

Mont. LBR 5001-2(b) (Divisions of Court): "(b) Butte Division: Beaverhead, Broadwater, Deer Lodge, Jefferson, Gallatin, Granite, Lewis & Clark, Madison, Park, Powell, and Silver Bow."

Great Falls Division

13 counties

Mont. LBR 5001-2(d) (Divisions of Court): "(d) Great Falls Division: Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill, Judith Basin, Liberty, Meagher, Phillips, Pondera, Teton, and Toole."

Missoula Division

7 counties

Mont. LBR 5001-2(c) (Divisions of Court): "(c) Missoula Division: Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, Ravalli, and Sanders."

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How the District of Montana runs a case

Practices this court sets for itself. They differ from district to district, which is why a national answer cannot supply them.

Section 341 meeting of creditors
By Zoom video

USTP Instructions for Joining a Zoom § 341(a) Meeting of Creditors

Chapter 13 plan form
This district requires its own local plan form

Mont. LBF 19. CHAPTER 13 PLAN [MONT. LBR 9009-1(b)]

Chapter 13 attorney fee this court approves without a fee application
$6,000

This is the amount the court will approve without an itemised fee application, not a rate any particular firm charges.

Mont. LBR 2016-1

What the District of Montana publishes

Local rules and standing orders bind cases in this district in addition to the national rules. Each link goes to the court’s own copy.

Local rules

The rules this court adds on top of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. They bind every case filed here.

Showing 12 of 109 this court publishes.

Standing orders

General orders the court has entered that apply across cases rather than to one case.

Showing 12 of 48 this court publishes.

Fee schedules

What this court charges, as the court publishes it.

Related

Not yet published here

We have not collected these for this court, so this page does not show them. The court’s own site is the authority meanwhile.

  • Courthouse street addresses, filing-counter hours and clerk phone numbers
  • The trustees who serve this district

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