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Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_50A > GS_50A-110§50A‑110. Communication between courts.
(a) A court of thisState may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceedingarising under this Article.
(b) The court may allowthe parties to participate in the communication. If the parties are not able toparticipate in the communication, they must be given the opportunity to presentfacts and legal arguments before a decision on jurisdiction is made.
(c) Communicationbetween courts on schedules, calendars, court records, and similar matters mayoccur without informing the parties. A record need not be made of thecommunication.
(d) Except as otherwiseprovided in subsection (c), a record must be made of a communication under thissection. The parties must be informed promptly of the communication and grantedaccess to the record.
(e) For the purposes ofthis section, "record" means information that is inscribed on atangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and isretrievable in perceivable form. (1999‑223, s. 3.)
