§ 14-13-112 — Cooperation between courts - preservation of records

Colorado § 14-13-112

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 14: Domestic
• Art.: Uniform Child-custody Jurisdiction

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(1) A
court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to:

(a) Hold an evidentiary hearing;

(b) Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of
that state;

(c) Order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody or
allocation of parental responsibilities with respect to a child involved in a pending
proceeding;

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

(e) Order a party to a child-custody proceeding or any person having physical
custody of the child to appear in the proceeding with or without the child.

(2) Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this state may hold a
hearing or enter an order described in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under
subsections (1) and (2) of this section may be assessed against the parties
according to the law of this state.

(4) A court of this state shall preserve the pleadings, orders, decrees,
records of hearings, evaluations, and other pertinent records with respect to a
child-custody proceeding until the child attains eighteen years of age. Upon
appropriate request by a court or law enforcement official of another state, the
court shall forward a certified copy of those records.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2000: Entire article R&RE, p. 1523, � 1, effective July 1.