{"data":{"id":"us-mt/m.-r.-civ.-p.-10","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"M. R. Civ. P. 10","heading":"Form of Pleadings.","body":"(a) Caption; Names of Parties. Every pleading must have a caption with the court's name, a title, a file number, and a Rule 7(a) designation. The title of the complaint must name all the parties; the title of other pleadings, after naming the first party on each side, may refer generally to other parties.\n(b) Paragraphs; Separate Statements. A party must state its claims or defenses in numbered paragraphs, each limited as far as practicable to a single set of circumstances. A later pleading may refer by number to a paragraph in an earlier pleading. If doing so would promote clarity, each claim founded on a separate transaction or occurrence -- and each defense other than a denial -- must be stated in a separate count or defense.\n(c) Adoption by Reference; Exhibits. A statement in a pleading may be adopted by reference elsewhere in the same pleading or in any other pleading or motion. A copy of a written instrument that is an exhibit to a pleading is a part of the pleading for all purposes.","path":["TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 20. RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE","III. Pleadings and Motions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0250/chapter_0200/part_0030/section_0100/0250-0200-0030-0100.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:09Z","sha256":"21f60660273cf23de63a7839971deb3f9ea334f5557246365d4b43431239f0da","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/m.-r.-civ.-p.-9","next":"us-mt/m.-r.-civ.-p.-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}