40-7-140. Cooperation between courts -- preservation of records. (1) A court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to:
(a) hold an evidentiary hearing;
(b) order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state;
(c) order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding;
(d) 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
(e) 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.
(2) Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this state may hold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection (1).
(3) Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under subsections (1) and (2) may be assessed against the parties according to the law of this state.
(4) 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 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: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 91, L. 1999.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 7. Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
40-7-105. Notice -- opportunity to be heard -- joinder
40-7-106. Notice to persons outside state
40-7-107. Simultaneous proceedings
40-7-109. Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct
40-7-110. Information to be submitted to court
40-7-112. Appearance of parties and child
40-7-119. Taking testimony in another state
40-7-126. through 40-7-133 reserved
40-7-134. Proceedings governed by other law
40-7-135. Application to Indian tribes
40-7-136. International application
40-7-137. Binding force of child custody determination
40-7-138. Appearance and limited immunity
40-7-139. Communication between courts
40-7-140. Cooperation between courts -- preservation of records