_______________________________ Name _____________________________________ Address _____________________________________ City State Zip Code _____________________________________ Phone Number PETITIONER PRO SE MONTANA _______________ JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT _____________________ COUNTY In re the Marriage of: Cause No.: _________________ ________________________, Petitioner, Summons and Temporary Economic Restraining Order by Clerk of Court and ________________________, Respondent. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT: YOU, THE RESPONDENT, ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Petition in this action which is filed in the office of the Clerk of the above-named Court, a copy of which is served upon you with this Summons, and to file your answer and serve a copy of your answer upon the Petitioner within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Petition. Summons and TRO, Page 1 of 2 Approved by the Montana Supreme Court Commission on Self-Represented Litigants and Montana Legal Services Association, 7/24/02 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com TO PETITIONER AND RESPONDENT: Pursuant to Mont. Code Ann. 40-4-121(3), the Petitioner and Respondent are hereby restrained from transferring, encumbering, pawning, pledging, hiding, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether jointly or separately held, without either the consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life. Each party must notify the other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days before incurring the expenditures and must account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after service of the summons. This restraining order does not prevent either party from using any property to pay reasonable attorney fees in order to retain counsel in the proceeding. Petitioner and Respondent are further restrained from cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile and disability coverage held for the benefit of a party or a child of a party for whom support may be ordered. This temporary restraining order shall continue until another order of the Court is issued either amending or vacating this temporary restraining order. VIOLATION OF THIS ORDER IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE UNDER M.C.A. §§ 45-5-220 OR 45-5626. DATED this (SEAL) day of , 20___. ___________________________________ Clerk of the District Court By: _______________________________ Deputy Clerk Summons and TRO, Page 2 of 2 Approved by the Montana Supreme Court Commission on Self-Represented Litigants and Montana Legal Services Association, 7/24/02 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com