§ 50A-112. Cooperation between courts; preservation of records. - North Carolina Statutes

§50A‑112.  Cooperation between courts; preservation of records.

(a)        A court of thisState may request the appropriate court of another state to:

(1)        Hold an evidentiaryhearing;

(2)        Order a person toproduce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state;

(3)        Order that anevaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pendingproceeding;

(4)        Forward to the courtof this State a certified copy of the transcript of the record of the hearing,the evidence otherwise presented, and any evaluation prepared in compliancewith the request; and

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

(b)        Upon request of acourt of another state, a court of this State may hold a hearing or enter anorder described in subsection (a).

(c)        Travel and othernecessary and reasonable expenses incurred under subsections (a) and (b) may beassessed against the parties according to the law of this State.

(d)        A court of thisState shall preserve the pleadings, orders, decrees, records of hearings,evaluations, and other pertinent records with respect to a child‑custodyproceeding until the child attains 18 years of age. Upon appropriate request bya court or law enforcement official of another state, the court shall forward acertified copy of those records. (1979, c. 110, s. 1; 1999‑223,s. 3.)