[§583A-112]  Cooperation between courts;
preservation of records.  (a)  A court of this State may request the
appropriate court of another state to:



(1)  Hold an evidentiary hearing;



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



(3)  Order that an evaluation be made with respect to
the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding;



(4)  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



(5)  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).



(c)  Travel and other necessary and reasonable
expenses incurred under subsections (a) and (b) 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 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. [L 2002, c 124, pt of §2]