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Date Created: 2023-09-27 20:07:03.220333+00
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ORIGINAL                                      09/27/2023

           IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA                                   Case Number: DA 23-0242

                                        DA 23-0242

                                                                             FILED
 SHIRLEY CHAMBERS-YOST,
                                                                              AUG 1.6 2023
               Petitioner and Appellant,                                    Bowen Greenwooa
                                                                          Cleric of Supreme Coun
                                                                             State of Montana

                                                                      ORDER
 MARTIN GUHL, DPHHS, and TERRESSA
 McDANIEL,

               Respondents and Appellees.

       Before this Court is a pleading titled, Notice of Concession and Motion to Remand,
filed by counsel for the Appellees Martin Guhl and Terressa McDaniel of the.Department
of Public Health and Human Services (hereinafter DPHHS).
       DPBHS puts forth that remand of the underlying matter to the Second Judicial                  •
District Court, Butte-Silver Bow County, is proper. DPHHS provides that self-represented
Petitioner and Appellant Shirley Chambers-Yost (Chambers-Yost) sought review of ,
DPHHS's March 23, 2022 decision in a timely fashion, or within thirty days. DPBHS
concedes that after reviewing the facts in this record, Chambers-Yos.t timely filed her
Petition for Continuation of Benefits and Property ("Petition") on April 22, 2022, instead
of May 6, 2022, when the Clerk of District Court filed her Petition and other documents.
DPHHS states that the Clerk of District Court delayed starnping Chambers-Yost's papers
and Petition as filed for a total of fourteen days from April 22, 2022, until May 6, 2022,
contrary to Montana Iaw. "If a judge . . . is not available tp approve a request for a waiver
Of fees prior to filing a pleading, the pleading must be filed subject to subsequent approval."
Section 25-10-404(2), MCA. See also M. R. Civ. P. 5(d)(2)(A). DPBES further provide's
that it recently contacted Chambers-Yost via telephPne to verify the timeliness of her
Petition's filing:
Therefóre, upon good cause and in light of the foregoing,
      IT IS ORDERED that DPHHS's Motion to Remand is GRANTED and this matter
is REMANDED to the Second Judicial District Court, Butte-Silver Bow County, for re-
opening and judicial review on the merits of Chambers-Yost's.Petition and pleadings.
      IT IS FURTHER ORDEED that this matter is CLOSED as of this Order's date.
      The Clerk of ihe Supreme Court is directed to prõvide a copy of this Order to: the
Honorable Kurt Krueger, Secdnd Judicial' District Court; Tom Powers,, Clerk of District
Court, Butte-Silver Bow County, under Cause NO. DV-22-103; counsel of record, and
Shirley Chambers-Yost personally.
      DATED this         day of August, 2023.
                                                Foi the Court,

                                                            , Chief justice

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