N.Y. Domestic Relations Law § 75-j: Taking testimony in another state

§ 75-j. Taking testimony in another state. 1. 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 taken.

2. A court of this state may permit an individual residing in another

state to be deposed or to testify by telephone, audiovisual means, or

other electronic means before a designated court or at another location

in that state. A court of this state shall cooperate with courts of

other states in designating an appropriate location for the deposition

or testimony and the procedures to be followed by the persons taking

such deposition or testimony. Any such testimony or deposition shall be

recorded and preserved for transcription.

3. 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.