
We can't control where abused children come from, but we can have something to do with where they end up.
District Information
"CASA is an invaluable asset to the youth in need of care in this judicial district. These volunteers spend many hours training and then many more hours giving their care, concern, and devotion to the youth.
CASA provides a service that was lacking in this district- not because the youth were unrepresented, but because there were too few exhausted persons representing them before CASA. Now, each youth has a CASA that represents only them, who is able to speak for them and who can help the Court determine what is in the best interest of that youth."
-- Honorable Wm. Nels Swandal
Honorable Wm. Nels Swandal
District Judge beginning January, 1995. Currently Judge Advocate, rank Colonel in Montana National Guard. Park County Attorney 1983 to 1994. Partner in Swandal, Douglass & Swandal, Livingston, Montana 1981-1982. Active Duty, U.S. Army, 7 th Infantry Division 1978-1981.
Graduated from University of Montana School of Law 1978.
Named the 2009 Montana CASA 'Judge of the Year'.
Contact information:
District Judge
414 E. Callender St.
Livingston, MT 59047
(406) 222-4132
Nancy L. MacCracken
Senior Law Clerk and Court Administrator beginning July, 1997. Private Practice as Nancy L. MacCracken, Attorney at Law, 1994- 1997.
Graduated from University of New Mexico School of Law 1994.
Contact information:
Court Administrator
414 East Callender St.
Livingston, MT 59047
(406) 222-4130
nmaccracken@state.mt.us
Park County:
June Little
414 East Callender St.
Livingston, MT 59047
Sweet Grass County:
Deanna Novotny
P.O. Box 698
Big Timber, MT 59011


