40-3-122. Petition form and contents. (1) The petition shall be captioned substantially as follows:

District Court of the State of Montana
For the County of ....

Upon the petition of     Petition for Conciliation

...................         (Under the Conciliation

   Petitioner            Court Law)

And concerning

...................... and

..................

Respondents.

To the Conciliation Court:

(2) The petition shall:

(a) allege that a controversy exists between the spouses and request the aid of the court to effect a reconciliation or an amicable settlement of the controversy;

(b) state the name and age of each minor child whose welfare may be affected by the controversy;

(c) state the name and address of the petitioner or the names and addresses of the petitioners;

(d) if the petition is presented by one spouse only, name the other spouse as a respondent and state the address of that spouse;

(e) also name as a respondent any other person who has any relation to the controversy and state the address of the person, if known to the petitioner;

(f) state such other information as the court may by rule require.

(3) The clerk of the court shall provide, at the expense of the county, blank forms for petitions for filing pursuant to this chapter. The probation officers of the county and the attaches and employees of the conciliation court shall assist any person in the preparation and presentation of any such petition when any person requests such assistance. All public officers in each county shall refer to the conciliation court all petitions and complaints made to them in respect to controversies within the jurisdiction of the conciliation court.