32-11-112. COOPERATION BETWEEN COURTS — PRESERVATION OF RECORDS. (a) A court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to:
(1) Hold an evidentiary hearing;
(2) Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state;
(3) Order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding;
(4) Forward to the court of this state a certified copy of the transcript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise presented, and any evaluation prepared in compliance with the request; and
(5) Order a party to a child custody proceeding or any person having physical custody of the child to appear in the proceeding with or without the child.
(b) Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this state may hold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under subsections (a) and (b) of this section may be assessed against the parties according to the law of this state.
(d) A court of this state shall preserve the pleadings, orders, decrees, records of hearings, evaluations, and other pertinent records with respect to a child custody proceeding until the child attains eighteen (18) years of age. Upon appropriate request by a court or law enforcement official of another state, the court shall forward a certified copy of those records.
History:
[32-11-112, added 2000, ch. 227, sec. 2, p. 628.]
Structure Idaho Code
Chapter 11 - UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Section 32-11-101 - SHORT TITLE.
Section 32-11-102 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 32-11-103 - PROCEEDINGS GOVERNED BY OTHER LAW.
Section 32-11-104 - APPLICATION TO INDIAN TRIBES.
Section 32-11-105 - INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION OF CHAPTER.
Section 32-11-106 - EFFECT OF CHILD CUSTODY DETERMINATION.
Section 32-11-108 - NOTICE TO PERSONS OUTSIDE STATE.
Section 32-11-109 - APPEARANCE AND LIMITED IMMUNITY.
Section 32-11-110 - COMMUNICATION BETWEEN COURTS.
Section 32-11-111 - TAKING TESTIMONY IN ANOTHER STATE.
Section 32-11-112 - COOPERATION BETWEEN COURTS — PRESERVATION OF RECORDS.