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03/25/2024

          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA                                Case Number: DA 23-0747

                                        DA 23-0747

IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF:

SHAWN M. STUTZMAN

             Petitioner and Appellee,
                                                                    ORDER
       and

KRIS STUTZMAN

             Respondent and Appellant.

      After reviewing the Appellant's Brief filed on March 25, 2024, this Court has
determined that the brief does not comply with the Montana Rules of Appellate Procedure
for the below-referenced reasons and must be resubmitted.
      First, Rule 13(2) requires an Appellant to file a signed original brief and copies with
Clerk of the Supreme Court. The Appellant's Brief is unsigned, and thus not in compliance
with the Rules.
      Second, Rule 12(1)(d) requires that the statement of the facts in a brief contain
references to the pages or the pprts of the record at which material facts appear.
Furthermore, Rule 12(9) provides that references to the record must be to particular parts
of the record, suitably designated, and to specific pages of each part (e.g., Answer, p.7;
Motion for Summary Judgment, p.3; Transcript, p. 231) and that a reference to an exhibit
shall be made to the pages of the transcript on which the exhibit was identified, offered,
and received or rejected.
Therefore,
       IT IS ORDERED that the referenced brief is rejected.
       IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within twenty (20) days of the date of this Order
Appellant shall electronically file with the Clerk of this Court a revised brief containing
the revisions necessary to comply with the specified Rules and shall serve copies of the
revised brief on all parties of record; 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 is directed to provide a true copy of this Order to Appellant and to all
parties of record.
       DATED this 25th day of March, 2024.
                                                         For the Court,

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