TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 19. UNIFORM DISTRICT COURT RULES

Part 1. Rules

Chief District Judge

Rule 14 - Chief District Judge.

(a) In a multijudge district court of Montana, a chief district judge shall be selected at the beginning of each calendar year, and the position shall rotate among the judges of the district annually, unless the judges of the district agree otherwise. The rotation shall commence with the most senior district judge.

(b) The duties of the chief district judge shall be to provide for efficient management of district court business, in cooperation with the other judges in the district.

History: En. Sup. Ct. Ord. Jan. 30, 1996, eff. Jan. 30, 1996; amd. Sup. Ct. Ord. No. AF 07-0110, March 15, 2011, eff. Oct. 1, 2011.