Montana Title 25. Civil Procedure MT R RCP Form 18. Third-Party Summons

To: (name the third-party defendant):

A lawsuit has been filed against defendant __________, who as third-party plaintiff is making this claim against you to pay part or all of what [he] may owe to the plaintiff __________.

Within 21 days after service of this summons on you (not counting the day you receive it), you must serve on the plaintiff and the defendant an answer to the attached third-party complaint, or a motion under Rule 12 of the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure. The answer or motion must be served on the defendant's attorney, __________, whose address is __________; and also on the plaintiff's attorney, __________, whose address is __________. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the third-party complaint. You also must file the answer or motion with the court and serve it on any other parties.

A copy of the plaintiff's complaint is also attached. You may--but are not required to--respond to it.