The Montana Judicial System and Yellowstone County officials are organizing an effort to ask the next Montana State Legislature to fund three additional District Court Judges for Yellowstone County.
Yellowstone County’s 13th Judicial District Court has the highest case load in the state by a wide margin, according to a recent survey, which concluded that the case load actually justifies the addition of 4-plus judges.
Beth McLaughlin, attorney for the Montana Court Administrator, in the company of District Court Judge Jessica Fehr, presented the data to the commissioners during a discussion meeting, last week, seeking their support for the proposal. McLaughlin said that they never recommend additional judges for a county without that county’s support.
McLaughlin said there was actually a lot of read more
