§ 15-23.1-316 Special rules of evidenceand procedure. – (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in atribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement, ormodification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment determiningparentage.
(b) An affidavit, a document substantially complying withfederal mandated forms, or a document incorporated by reference in any of them,which would not be excluded under the hearsay rule if given in person, isadmissible in evidence if given under penalty of perjury by a party or witnessresiding in another state.
(c) A copy of the record of child support payments certifiedas a true copy of the original by the custodian of the record may be forwardedto a responding tribunal. The copy is evidence of facts asserted in it, and isadmissible to show whether payments were made.
(d) Copies of bills for testing for parentage, and forprenatal and postnatal health care of the mother and child, furnished to theadverse party at least ten (10) days before trial, are admissible in evidenceto prove the amount of the charges billed and that the charges were reasonable,necessary, and customary.
(e) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to atribunal of this state by telephone, telecopier, or other means that do notprovide an original record may not be excluded from evidence on an objectionbased on the means of transmission.
(f) In a proceeding under this chapter, a tribunal of thisstate shall permit a party or witness residing in another state to be deposedor to testify by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means at adesignated tribunal or other location in that state. A tribunal of this stateshall cooperate with tribunals of other states in designating an appropriatelocation for the deposition or testimony.
(g) If a party called to testify at a civil hearing refusesto answer on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the trierof fact may draw an adverse inference from the refusal.
(h) A privilege against disclosure of communications betweenspouses does not apply in a proceeding under this chapter.
(i) The defense of immunity based on the relationship ofhusband and wife or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under thischapter.
(j) A voluntary acknowledgement of paternity, certified as atrue copy, is admissible to establish parentage of the child.
§ 15-23.1-316 Special rules of evidenceand procedure. – (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in atribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement, ormodification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment determiningparentage.
(b) An affidavit, a document substantially complying withfederal mandated forms, or a document incorporated by reference in any of them,which would not be excluded under the hearsay rule if given in person, isadmissible in evidence if given under penalty of perjury by a party or witnessresiding in another state.
(c) A copy of the record of child support payments certifiedas a true copy of the original by the custodian of the record may be forwardedto a responding tribunal. The copy is evidence of facts asserted in it, and isadmissible to show whether payments were made.
(d) Copies of bills for testing for parentage, and forprenatal and postnatal health care of the mother and child, furnished to theadverse party at least ten (10) days before trial, are admissible in evidenceto prove the amount of the charges billed and that the charges were reasonable,necessary, and customary.
(e) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to atribunal of this state by telephone, telecopier, or other means that do notprovide an original record may not be excluded from evidence on an objectionbased on the means of transmission.
(f) In a proceeding under this chapter, a tribunal of thisstate shall permit a party or witness residing in another state to be deposedor to testify by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means at adesignated tribunal or other location in that state. A tribunal of this stateshall cooperate with tribunals of other states in designating an appropriatelocation for the deposition or testimony.
(g) If a party called to testify at a civil hearing refusesto answer on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the trierof fact may draw an adverse inference from the refusal.
(h) A privilege against disclosure of communications betweenspouses does not apply in a proceeding under this chapter.
(i) The defense of immunity based on the relationship ofhusband and wife or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under thischapter.
(j) A voluntary acknowledgement of paternity, certified as atrue copy, is admissible to establish parentage of the child.
§ 15-23.1-316 Special rules of evidenceand procedure. – (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in atribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement, ormodification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment determiningparentage.
(b) An affidavit, a document substantially complying withfederal mandated forms, or a document incorporated by reference in any of them,which would not be excluded under the hearsay rule if given in person, isadmissible in evidence if given under penalty of perjury by a party or witnessresiding in another state.
(c) A copy of the record of child support payments certifiedas a true copy of the original by the custodian of the record may be forwardedto a responding tribunal. The copy is evidence of facts asserted in it, and isadmissible to show whether payments were made.
(d) Copies of bills for testing for parentage, and forprenatal and postnatal health care of the mother and child, furnished to theadverse party at least ten (10) days before trial, are admissible in evidenceto prove the amount of the charges billed and that the charges were reasonable,necessary, and customary.
(e) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to atribunal of this state by telephone, telecopier, or other means that do notprovide an original record may not be excluded from evidence on an objectionbased on the means of transmission.
(f) In a proceeding under this chapter, a tribunal of thisstate shall permit a party or witness residing in another state to be deposedor to testify by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means at adesignated tribunal or other location in that state. A tribunal of this stateshall cooperate with tribunals of other states in designating an appropriatelocation for the deposition or testimony.
(g) If a party called to testify at a civil hearing refusesto answer on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the trierof fact may draw an adverse inference from the refusal.
(h) A privilege against disclosure of communications betweenspouses does not apply in a proceeding under this chapter.
(i) The defense of immunity based on the relationship ofhusband and wife or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under thischapter.
(j) A voluntary acknowledgement of paternity, certified as atrue copy, is admissible to establish parentage of the child.
