West Virginia Code
Article 20. Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
§48-20-111. Taking Testimony in Another State

(a) 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. 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 upon which the testimony is taken.
(b) 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. 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 West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 48. Domestic Relations

Article 20. Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

§48-20-101. Short Title

§48-20-102. Definitions

§48-20-103. Proceedings Governed by Other Law

§48-20-104. Application to Indian Tribes

§48-20-105. International Application of Chapter

§48-20-106. Effect of Child Custody Determination

§48-20-107. Priority

§48-20-108. Notice to Persons Outside State

§48-20-109. Appearance and Limited Immunity

§48-20-110. Communication Between Courts

§48-20-111. Taking Testimony in Another State

§48-20-112. Cooperation Between Courts; Preservation of Records

§48-20-201. Initial Child Custody Jurisdiction

§48-20-202. Exclusive, Continuing Jurisdiction

§48-20-203. Jurisdiction to Modify Determination

§48-20-204. Temporary Emergency Jurisdiction

§48-20-205. Notice; Opportunity to Be Heard; Joinder

§48-20-206. Simultaneous Proceedings

§48-20-207. Inconvenient Forum

§48-20-208. Jurisdiction Declined by Reason of Conduct

§48-20-209. Information to Be Submitted to Court

§48-20-210. Appearance of Parties and Child

§48-20-301. Definitions

§48-20-302. Enforcement Under Hague Convention

§48-20-303. Duty to Enforce

§48-20-304. Temporary Visitation

§48-20-305. Registration of Child Custody Determination

§48-20-306. Enforcement of Registered Determination

§48-20-307. Simultaneous Proceedings

§48-20-308. Expedited Enforcement of Child Custody Determination

§48-20-309. Service of Petition and Order

§48-20-310. Hearing and Order

§48-20-311. Warrant to Take Physical Custody of Child

§48-20-312. Costs, Fees and Expenses

§48-20-313. Recognition and Enforcement

§48-20-314. Appeals

§48-20-315. Role of Prosecutor or Public Official

§48-20-316. Role of Law Enforcement

§48-20-317. Costs and Expenses

§48-20-401. Application and Construction

§48-20-402. Severability Clause

§48-20-403. Effective Date

§48-20-404. Transitional Provision