§ 20-5-212 — Cooperation between courts; preservation of record

(a) A court of this state may request the appropriate
court of another state to:
(i) Hold an evidentiary hearing;
(ii) Order a person to produce or give evidence
pursuant to procedures of that state;
(iii) Order that an evaluation be made with respect
to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding;
(iv) 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
(v) 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.
(b) Upon request of a court of another state, a court of
this state may hold a hearing or enter an order described in
subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses
incurred under subsections (a) and (b) of this section may be
assessed against the parties according to the law of this state.
(d) 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 (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.