§ 20-5-211 — Taking testimony in another state

(a) In addition to other procedures available to a party,
a party to a child custody proceeding may offer testimony of
witnesses who are located in another state, including testimony
of the parties and the child, by deposition or other means
allowable in this state for testimony taken in the other state.
The court on its own motion may order that the testimony of a
person be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in
which and the terms upon which the testimony shall be taken.
(b) A court of this state may permit an individual
residing in another state to be deposed or to testify by
telephone, audiovisual means or other electronic means before a
designated court or at another location in that state. A court
of this state shall cooperate with courts of other states in
designating an appropriate location for the deposition or
testimony.
(c) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to
a court of this state by technological means that do not produce
an original writing may not be excluded from evidence on an
objection based on the means of transmission.