Mont. Judicial Branch, Answering Your Landlord's Complaint to Evict You

Answering Your Landlord’s Complaint to Evict You, Page 12 of 21, including instructions and forms.
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1. I admit the following parts of the Complaint (list the paragraph numbers or
write the parts of the Complaint that are true): _

2. I deny the following parts of the Complaint (list the paragraph numbers or
write the parts of the Complaint that are not true):

3. I deny the following parts of the Complaint because I do not have enough
information to admit or deny them (list the paragraph numbers or write the
parts of the Complaint that you do not know about):

4. I deny everything I did not admit.

Optional section -- I also have the following Affirmative Defense(s) to the
Complaint (check and fill in the blanks for any box that is true):

The Plaintiff knew the property was not fit to live in because of the
following conditions (write why the rental was not fit to live in):

.
The Plaintiff failed to maintain the property as required by the rental
agreement or Section 70-24-303, MCA (Section 70-33-303, MCA if
the rental is a mobile home lot only).

The Plaintiff did not provide heat, running water, electricity, gas, or
other needed services to the property as required by Section 70-24-
303, MCA (Section 70-33-303, MCA if the rental is a mobile home
lot only).