§ 50A-111. Taking testimony in another state. - North Carolina Statutes

§50A‑111.  Taking testimony in another state.

(a)        In addition toother procedures available to a party, a party to a child‑custodyproceeding may offer testimony of witnesses who are located in another state,including testimony of the parties and the child, by deposition or other meansallowable in this State for testimony taken in another state. The court on itsown motion may order that the testimony of a person be taken in another stateand may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the testimony istaken.

(b)        A court of thisState may permit an individual residing in another state to be deposed or totestify by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means before adesignated court or at another location in that state. A court of this Stateshall cooperate with courts of other states in designating an appropriatelocation for the deposition or testimony.

(c)        Documentaryevidence transmitted from another state to a court of this State bytechnological means that do not produce an original writing may not be excludedfrom evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission. (1979,c. 110, s. 1; 1999‑223, s. 3.)