(a) (1) In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a child custody proceeding may offer testimony of witnesses who are located in another state, including testimony of the parties and the child, by deposition or other means allowable in this State for testimony taken in another state.
(2) The court on its own motion may order that the testimony of a person be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms on which the testimony is taken.
(b) (1) A court of this State may permit an individual residing in another state to be deposed or to testify by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means before a designated court or at another location in that state.
(2) A court of this State shall cooperate with courts of other states in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.
(c) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court of this State by technological means that do not produce an original writing may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 9.5 - Maryland Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
Subtitle 1 - General Provisions
Section 9.5-102 - Scope of Title
Section 9.5-103 - Child Custody Proceedings Involving American Indians
Section 9.5-104 - Child Custody Proceedings Involving Foreign Countries
Section 9.5-105 - Custody Determination Binding and Conclusive
Section 9.5-106 - Questions of Jurisdiction Given Priority
Section 9.5-107 - Notice for Exercise of Jurisdiction
Section 9.5-108 - Immunity From Personal Jurisdiction
Section 9.5-109 - Communication Between Courts
Section 9.5-110 - Obtaining Testimony of Witnesses in Another State