CilIGKAL 

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA 

DA 21-0569 

IN THE MATTER OF G.M.P., 

An Alleged Incapacitated Person. 

FILEJ 

FEB 1 1 2022 

Bovven Greenwood 

Clerk of Supreme Court 

State of Montana 

ORDER 

This Court reviews briefs to ensure compliance with Rules 11 and 12 of the 

Montana Rules of Appellate Procedure. After reviewing the Appellant's opening brief 

filed on February 11, 2022, this Court has determined that the brief does not comply with 

the Rules and must be resubmitted. 

M. R. App. P. 2(4) requires the caption of an appeal to "list the parties in the same 

order as the caption used in the district court, with the addition of the designations 

`appellant' and 'appellee' as appropriate." The Appellant's opening brief has changed 

the caption from that used in the district court. 

M. R. App. P. 12(1)(a) requires the brief of an appellant to contain a "table of 

contents, with page references, and a table of cases (alphabetically arranged), statutes and 

other authorities cited, with references to the pages of the brief where they are cited." 

The Appellant's opening brief does not contain a table of contents or a table of 

authorities. 

M. R. App. P. 12(1)(d) requires a "statement of the facts relevant to the issues 

presented for review, with references to the pages or the parts of the record at which 

material facts appear." The Appellant's statement of the facts contains insufficient 

citations to the record before the district court. 

M. R. App. P. 12(1)(e) requires a "statement of the standard of review as to each 

issue raised, together with a citation of authority." The Appellant's standard of review 

contains no citations to authority. 

02/14/2022

Case Number: DA 21-0569
M. R. App. P. 12(1)(g) requires a brief to contain an argument section, distinct 

from the summary of the argument, which contains the "contentions of the appellant with 

respect to the issues presented and the reasons therefor, with citations to the authorities, 

statutes, and pages of the record relied on[.]" The argument section of Appellant's 

opening brief merely invites the Court to review documents filed by the Appellant in the 

district court and does not contain the "contentions of the appellant with respect to the 

issues presented and the reasons therefor, with citations to the authorities, statutes, and 

pages of the record relied on" that constitute an argument. 

Therefore, 

IT IS ORDERED that the signed original and nine copies of the referenced brief 

be returned for revisions necessary to comply with the specified Rules; 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a signed original and nine copies of the revised 

brief ordered herein be filed within ten (10) days of the date of this Order with the Clerk 

of this Court and that one copy of the revised brief be served on each counsel of record; 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no changes, additions, or deletions other than 

those specified in this Order may be rnade to the brief as originally filed; 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the postage costs for returning the referenced 

copies of Appellant's brief will be billed to Appellant by the Clerk of this Court and shall 

be due and payable upon receipt; and 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the times for any subsequent briefing contained 

in M. R. App. P. 13 shall run from the date of filing of the revised brief. 

The Clerk of this Court is directed to mail a true copy of this Order to Appellant 

and to mail a true copy of this Order to all counsel upon whom the brief was served. 

DATED this I ) 4Lday of February, 2022. 

For the Court, 

By (J,~/1~1

Justice