Opinion
No. AF 06-0263
April 20, 2010.
ORDER
The Supreme Court's Commission on Courts of Limited Jurisdiction Bond Book Subcommittee, in conjunction with the Office of the Court Administrator, has prepared, reviewed and approved the attached April 2010 Montana Supreme Court Bond Schedule for Courts of Limited Jurisdiction. It is appropriate that this Court enter an order authorizing use of this revised bond schedule. Therefore,
IT IS ORDERED that the attached 2010 Montana Supreme Court Bond Schedule for Courts of Limited Jurisdiction is approved for use by the courts of limited jurisdiction, provided, however, that this schedule of bonds is RECOMMENDED ONLY and shall not be deemed to in any way infringe upon the discretion of the judge or justice of the peace to order or set any lesser or greater bond that may be authorized by law under the circumstances of the case, and further, that to the extent of any conflict between recommended bond and a controlling statute, rule or other legal authority, the latter shall control.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Supreme Court Administrator's Office shall furnish each judge of a court of limited jurisdiction and each justice of the peace one copy of this Order and the attached April 2010 Montana Supreme Court Bond Schedule, and post a copy of the document in electronic form on the Judicial Branch website. DATED the 20th day of April, 2010.
JUSTICES MIKE McGRATH, JAMES C. NELSON, W. WILLIAM LEAPHART, JIM RICE, PATRICIA O. COTTER, MICHAEL E WHEAT, and BRIAN MORRIS concur.
MONTANA SUPREME COURT BOND SCHEDULE