N.Y. DOM Law § 75-K

§ 75-k. Cooperation between courts; preservation of records. 1. A\ncourt of this state may request the appropriate court of another state\nto:\n (a) hold an evidentiary hearing;\n (b) order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures\nof that state;\n (c) order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a\nchild involved in a pending proceeding;\n (d) forward to the court of this state a certified copy of the\ntranscript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise\npresented, and any evaluation prepared in compliance with the request;\nand\n (e) order a party to a child custody proceeding or any person having\nphysical custody of the child to appear in the proceeding with or\nwithout the child.\n 2. Upon the request of a court of another state, a court of this state\nmay hold a hearing or enter an order described in subdivision one of\nthis section.\n 3. Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under\nsubdivisions one and two of this section may be assessed against the\nparties according to the law of this state.\n 4. A court of this state shall preserve the pleadings, orders,\ndecrees, records of hearings, evaluations, and other pertinent records\nwith respect to a child custody proceeding at least until the child\nattains eighteen years of age. Upon appropriate request by a court or\nlaw enforcement official of another state, the court shall forward a\ncertified copy of those records.\n