KRS 403.820: Cooperation between courts -- Preservation of records.

(1) A court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to:

(a) Hold an evidentiary hearing;

(b) Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that

state;

(c) Order that an evaluation be made with respect to the cust ody of a child

involved in a pending proceeding;

(d) 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; or

(e) 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.

(2) Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this state may hold a hearing or

enter an order described in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under subsections (1)

and (2) of this section may be assessed against the parties according to the law of

this state.

(4) 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 off icial of another state, the court shall

forward a certified copy of those records.