452.735. Cooperation between courts--preservation of records. - Missouri Statutes

Cooperation between courts--preservation of records.

452.735. 1. A court of this state may request the appropriate court ofanother state to:

(1) Hold an evidentiary hearing;

(2) Order a person to produce or give evidence under procedures of thatstate;

(3) Order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of achild involved in a pending proceeding;

(4) Forward to the court of this state a certified copy of thetranscript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise presented andany evaluation prepared in compliance with the request; and

(5) Order a party to a child custody proceeding or any person havingphysical custody of the child to appear in the proceeding with or without thechild.

2. Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this state mayhold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection 1 of this section.

3. Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred undersubsection 1 or 2 of this section may be assessed against the partiesaccording 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 toa child custody proceeding until the child attains eighteen years of age.Upon appropriate request by a court or law enforcement official of anotherstate, the court shall forward a certified copy of such records.

(L. 2009 H.B. 481)