§ 1048 - Assistance to courts of other states - Vermont Statutes

§ 1048. Assistance to courts of other states

(a) Upon request of the court of another state the courts of this state which are competent to hear custody matters may order a person in this state to appear at a hearing to adduce evidence or to produce or give evidence under other procedures available in this state. A certified copy of the transcript of the record of the hearing or the evidence otherwise adduced shall be forwarded by the clerk of the court to the requesting court.

(b) A person within this state may voluntarily give his testimony or statement in this state for use in a custody proceeding outside this state. (Added 1979, No. 136 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)