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38-1347

Chapter 38.--MINORS
Article 13.--CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION

      38-1347.   Cooperation between courts; preservation ofrecords.(UCCJEA 112). (a) A court of this state may request theappropriate court of another state to:

      (1)   Hold an evidentiary hearing;

      (2)   order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of thatstate;

      (3)   order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a childinvolved in a pending proceeding;

      (4)   forward to the court of this state a certified copy of the transcriptof the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise presented, and anyevaluation prepared in compliance with the request; and

      (5)   order a party to a child-custody proceeding or any person having physicalcustody 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 mayhold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection (a).

      (c)   Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred undersubsections (a) and (b) may be assessed against the parties accordingto 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 respectto a child-custody proceeding until the child attains 18 years of age. Uponappropriate request by a court or law enforcement official of anotherstate, the court shall forward a certified copy of those records.

      History:   L. 2000, ch. 171, § 42; July 1.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Kansas > Chapter38 > Article13 > Statutes_15888

38-1347

Chapter 38.--MINORS
Article 13.--CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION

      38-1347.   Cooperation between courts; preservation ofrecords.(UCCJEA 112). (a) A court of this state may request theappropriate court of another state to:

      (1)   Hold an evidentiary hearing;

      (2)   order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of thatstate;

      (3)   order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a childinvolved in a pending proceeding;

      (4)   forward to the court of this state a certified copy of the transcriptof the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise presented, and anyevaluation prepared in compliance with the request; and

      (5)   order a party to a child-custody proceeding or any person having physicalcustody 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 mayhold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection (a).

      (c)   Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred undersubsections (a) and (b) may be assessed against the parties accordingto 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 respectto a child-custody proceeding until the child attains 18 years of age. Uponappropriate request by a court or law enforcement official of anotherstate, the court shall forward a certified copy of those records.

      History:   L. 2000, ch. 171, § 42; July 1.


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Statutes > Kansas > Chapter38 > Article13 > Statutes_15888

38-1347

Chapter 38.--MINORS
Article 13.--CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION

      38-1347.   Cooperation between courts; preservation ofrecords.(UCCJEA 112). (a) A court of this state may request theappropriate court of another state to:

      (1)   Hold an evidentiary hearing;

      (2)   order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of thatstate;

      (3)   order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a childinvolved in a pending proceeding;

      (4)   forward to the court of this state a certified copy of the transcriptof the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise presented, and anyevaluation prepared in compliance with the request; and

      (5)   order a party to a child-custody proceeding or any person having physicalcustody 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 mayhold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection (a).

      (c)   Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred undersubsections (a) and (b) may be assessed against the parties accordingto 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 respectto a child-custody proceeding until the child attains 18 years of age. Uponappropriate request by a court or law enforcement official of anotherstate, the court shall forward a certified copy of those records.

      History:   L. 2000, ch. 171, § 42; July 1.