01/20/2023

Case Number: DA 22-0257

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Supreme Court Cause No. DA 22-0257

TIM BEARD, ) ) Appellant and ) Counter Claimant ) ) ORDER GRANTING MOTION vs. ) FOR EXTENSION OF TIME ) PAULETTE SPRAGUE,in her ) Individual capacity and on behalf ) of CHARLES SPRAGUE,Decease. ) ) Appellee and Counter ) Defendant. ) ) Upon Motion ofthe Appellee and Counter Defendant, and pursuant to the authority granted under M.R. App. P. 26(1), Appellee and Counter Defendant is given an extension of time until February 22, 2023, to prepare and file the Appellee's Response Brief.

DATED this day of January, 2023.

Brent Greenwood Clerk of Supreme Court

Order Granting Extension of Time — Page 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this day of January, 2023, a true and correct copy of the foregoing document was served upon the following by inserting the same in postage prepaid, pre-addressed envelope and mailing it via the United States Postal Service in Helena, Montana to: Mark Lancaster Element Law Group,PLLC P.O. Box 1144 Helena, MT 59624-1144 Dated this /9'-rn day of January, 2023.

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Order Granting Extension of Time — Page 2

Electronically signed by: Bowen Greenwood Clerk of the Supreme Court January 20 2023