N.Y. MHY Law § 83.09

§ 83.09 Cooperation between courts.\n (a) In a proceeding for the appointment of a guardian of the person or\nprotective proceeding in this state, a court of this state may request\nthe appropriate court of another state to do any of the following:\n 1. hold an evidentiary hearing;\n 2. order a person in that state to produce evidence or give testimony\npursuant to procedures of that state;\n 3. order that an evaluation or assessment be made of the respondent;\n 4. order any appropriate investigation of a person involved in a\nproceeding;\n 5. forward to the court of this state a certified copy of the\ntranscript or other record of a hearing under paragraph one of this\nsubdivision or any other proceeding, any evidence otherwise produced\nunder paragraph two of this subdivision, and any evaluation or\nassessment prepared in compliance with an order under paragraph three or\nfour of this subdivision;\n 6. issue any order necessary to assure the appearance in the\nproceeding of a person whose presence is necessary for the court to make\na determination, including the respondent or the person subject to a\nguardianship of the person or protected person; and\n 7. issue an order authorizing the release of medical, financial,\ncriminal, or other relevant information in that state, including\nprotected health information.\n (b) The court may receive any evidence produced pursuant to\nsubdivision (a) of this section in the same manner that it would admit\ninto evidence the report of a court evaluator after the court evaluator\nhad been subject to cross examination;\n (c) If a court of another state in which a guardianship or protective\nproceeding is pending requests assistance of the kind provided in\nsubdivision (a) of this section, a court of this state has jurisdiction\nfor the limited purpose of granting the request or making reasonable\nefforts to comply with the request.\n