§ 15-14.1-12 - Cooperation between courts – Preservation of records. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 15-14.1-12

   § 15-14.1-12  Cooperation between courts– Preservation of records. – (a) A court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to:

   (1) Hold an evidentiary hearing;

   (2) Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant toprocedures of that state;

   (3) Order that an evaluation be made with respect to thecustody of a child involved in a pending proceeding;

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

   (5) Order a party to a child custody proceeding or any personhaving physical custody of the child to appear in the proceeding with orwithout the child.

   (b) Upon request of a court of another state, a court of thisstate may hold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection (a) of thissection.

   (c) Travel and other necessary and reasonable expensesincurred under subsections (a) and (b) of this section may be assessed againstthe parties according to the laws of this state.

   (d) A court of this state shall preserve the pleadings,orders, decrees, records of hearings, evaluations, and other pertinent recordswith respect to a child custody proceeding until the child attains eighteen(18) years of age. Upon appropriate request by a court or law enforcementofficial of another state, the court shall forward a certified copy of thoserecords.