Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-551-112
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Cooperation between courts; preservation of records
Official statutory text
COOPERATION BETWEEN COURTS; PRESERVATION OF RECORDS
A. A court of this state may request the appropriate court of
another state to:
1. Hold an evidentiary hearing;
2. Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to
procedures of that state;
3. Order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody
of a child involved in a pending proceeding;
4. Forward to the court of this state a certified copy of the
transcript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise
presented, and any evaluation prepared in compliance with the
request; and
5. Order a party to a child custody proceeding or any person
having physical custody of the child to appear in the proceeding
with or without the child.
B. Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this
state may hold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection A
of this section.
C. Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred
under subsections A and B of this section may be assessed against
the parties according to the laws of this state.
D. A court of this state shall preserve the pleadings, orders,
decrees, records of hearings, evaluations, and other pertinent
records with respect to a child custody proceeding until the child
attains eighteen (18) years of age. Upon appropriate request by a
court or law enforcement official of another state, the court shall
forward a certified copy of those records.
A. A court of this state may request the appropriate court of
another state to:
1. Hold an evidentiary hearing;
2. Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to
procedures of that state;
3. Order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody
of a child involved in a pending proceeding;
4. Forward to the court of this state a certified copy of the
transcript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise
presented, and any evaluation prepared in compliance with the
request; and
5. Order a party to a child custody proceeding or any person
having physical custody of the child to appear in the proceeding
with or without the child.
B. Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this
state may hold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection A
of this section.
C. Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred
under subsections A and B of this section may be assessed against
the parties according to the laws of this state.
D. A court of this state shall preserve the pleadings, orders,
decrees, records of hearings, evaluations, and other pertinent
records with respect to a child custody proceeding until the child
attains eighteen (18) years of age. Upon appropriate request by a
court or law enforcement official of another state, the court shall
forward a certified copy of those records.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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