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Montana divorce form
Download the Montana no-fault petition for dissolution of marriage (with minor children) packet for an uncontested divorce with minor children. Instant secure access with the packet documents listed below.
Use this if there is a minor child. The official Judicial Branch packets are free at courts.mt.gov/forms/end_marriage.
A filing packet built around the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage (With Minor Children) used to open an uncontested no-fault case in Montana.
Everything needed to open an uncontested no-fault divorce in Montana: the petition for dissolution of marriage (with minor children) plus the supporting filing documents listed below.
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The packet materials walk through filing, service or waiver, and the support documents a children case requires.
Use this if there is a minor child. The official Judicial Branch packets are free at courts.mt.gov/forms/end_marriage.
This packet includes 13 documents in editable Word and print-ready PDF formats. Use the Word version for editing and the PDF for print-ready reference.
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This form plus the matching petition for dissolution of marriage (with minor children), separation agreement, and decree of dissolution of marriage — every Montana document in one package.
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This packet opens an uncontested no-fault divorce in Montana, where both spouses agree on the terms.
Montana cases with minor children use the authored with-children packet: the petition with the UCCJEA election, the UCCJEA declaration (§ 40-7-110), the proposed Final Parenting Plan (§ 40-4-234), the child-support calculation guide (official DPHHS/CSSD worksheets and tables), and the Separation Agreement - every instrument PublicLegal-authored and disclosed. Custody, parenting, and child-support terms always remain under the court's best-interests review (§§ 40-4-201(2)/(6), 40-4-212). The official Judicial Branch packets are free at courts.mt.gov/forms/end_marriage. The FAQ below covers the details.
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PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE — WITH MINOR CHILDREN (PublicLegal-authored). The PublicLegal-authored Montana petition that opens an uncontested dissolution with minor children in a Montana District Court. Not a Montana Judicial Branch form; the official court packets are free at courts.mt.gov/forms/end_marriage.
Caption: the judicial district and county, the case number, and Petitioner and Respondent.
Jurisdiction and custody: the 90-day domicile or military-station rule (§ 40-4-104(1)(a)), plus a check-one UCCJEA election — Montana as the children's home state or another § 40-7-201(1) basis.
Children: the minor children (birth years only, per Montana's privacy rule), any adult children, pregnancy status, and incorporation of the five-year UCCJEA residence declaration (§ 40-7-110).
The full packet also includes the instructions, the UCCJEA declaration, the proposed Final Parenting Plan (§ 40-4-234), the child-support calculation guide (official CSSD worksheets/tables), the separation agreement with schedules, the declaration of disclosure, the acknowledgment of service, the SCRA affidavit, the § 40-4-108(4) no-hearing affidavit, and the proposed decree — all PublicLegal-authored.
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The 13 packet documents listed on this page are included, delivered in Word and print-ready PDF formats. The packet centers on the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage (With Minor Children) that opens an uncontested no-fault case, plus the supporting filing documents and reference materials shown above.
The same 90-day residency rule applies (§ 40-4-104(1)(a)), and Montana must have custody jurisdiction under the UCCJEA — usually as the children's home state (§ 40-7-201; definition at § 40-7-103). File in the District Court of the county where either spouse lived during those 90 days (§ 25-2-118(3)).
Montana's only ground is an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage, shown by 180 days living separate and apart or by serious marital discord with no reasonable prospect of reconciliation (Mont. Code Ann. § 40-4-104(1)(b)). These are PublicLegal-authored forms, not Montana Judicial Branch forms: the courts' official dissolution packets carry a not-for-profit-use restriction and are provided free at courts.mt.gov/forms/end_marriage. If your spouse will not agree, this is not your packet.
The same 21-day decree bar applies (§ 40-4-105(3)). Cases with minor children add the UCCJEA declaration (§ 40-7-110), the proposed Final Parenting Plan (§ 40-4-234), and a child-support calculation on the official DPHHS/CSSD worksheets and tables (§§ 40-4-204, 40-5-209). Custody, parenting, and support terms remain under the court's best-interests review (§§ 40-4-201(2)/(6), 40-4-212). Parent education is not required statewide, but the court shall order a class if it finds one is in the children's best interests (§ 40-4-226). You are not divorced until the judge signs the decree and the clerk enters it.
No. This packet is the agreed path for spouses who settle every issue. If your spouse denies that the marriage is broken, the court may continue the case 30 to 60 days (§ 40-4-107(2)); if your spouse will contest, consult a Montana attorney about the contested process.
No. ILRG provides self-help legal forms and information, not legal advice. Consult a Montana attorney if you have significant property, retirement accounts, business interests, safety concerns, or any disagreement about terms.