20-146.10 - Taking testimony in another state. - Virginia Statutes

§ 20-146.10. Taking testimony in another state.

A. In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a childcustody proceeding may offer testimony of witnesses who are located inanother state, including testimony of the parties and the child, bydeposition or other means allowable in this Commonwealth for testimony takenin another state. The court on its own motion may order that the testimony ofa person be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which andthe terms upon which the testimony is taken.

B. A court of this Commonwealth may permit an individual residing in anotherstate to be deposed or to testify by telephone, audiovisual means, or otherelectronic means before a designated court or at another location in thatstate. A court of this Commonwealth shall cooperate with courts of otherstates in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.

C. Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court of thisCommonwealth by technological means that do not produce an original writingmay not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the means oftransmission.

(1979, c. 229, § 20-141; 2001, c. 305.)