New Hampshire § 458-A:11 Cooperation Between Courts;  Preservation of Records

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 458-A:11 — Cooperation Between Courts; Preservation of Records

New Hampshire·Title XLIII DOMESTIC RELATIONS·Ch. 458-A UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT

I. 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 of 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. II. Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this state may hold a hearing or enter an order described in paragraph I. III.

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I. 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 of 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.
II. Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this state may hold a hearing or enter an order described in paragraph I.
III. Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under paragraphs I and II may be assessed against the parties according to the law of this state.
IV. 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 18 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.

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