Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-551-111
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Taking testimony in another state
Official statutory text
TAKING TESTIMONY IN ANOTHER STATE
A. In addition to other procedures available to a party, a
party to a child custody proceeding may offer testimony of witnesses
who are located in another state, including testimony of the parties
and the child, by deposition or other means allowable in this state
for testimony taken in another state. The court on its own motion
may order that the testimony of a person be taken in another state
and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the
testimony is to be taken.
B. A court of this state may permit an individual residing in
another state to be deposed or to testify by telephone, audiovisual,
or other electronic means before a designated court or at another
location in that state. A court of this state shall cooperate with
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43. Marriage and Family Page 147
courts of other states in designating an appropriate location for
the deposition or testimony.
C. Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a
court of this state by technological means that do not produce an
original writing may not be excluded from evidence on an objection
based on the means of transmission.
A. In addition to other procedures available to a party, a
party to a child custody proceeding may offer testimony of witnesses
who are located in another state, including testimony of the parties
and the child, by deposition or other means allowable in this state
for testimony taken in another state. The court on its own motion
may order that the testimony of a person be taken in another state
and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the
testimony is to be taken.
B. A court of this state may permit an individual residing in
another state to be deposed or to testify by telephone, audiovisual,
or other electronic means before a designated court or at another
location in that state. A court of this state shall cooperate with
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43. Marriage and Family Page 147
courts of other states in designating an appropriate location for
the deposition or testimony.
C. Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a
court of this state by technological means that do not produce an
original writing may not be excluded from evidence on an objection
based on the means of transmission.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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