RSA 458-A:11 · Cooperation Between Courts; Preservation of Records

458-A:11 Cooperation Between Courts; Preservation of Records. –

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I.

A court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to:

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(a)

Hold an evidentiary hearing;

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(b)

Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state;

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(c)

Order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding;

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(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

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(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.

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II.

Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this state may hold a hearing or enter an order described in paragraph I.

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III.

Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under paragraphs I and II may be assessed against the parties according to the law of this state.

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IV.

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. Source. 2009, 191:1, eff. Dec. 1, 2010. Jurisdiction

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