N.Y. Domestic Relations Law § 75-k: Cooperation between courts; preservation of records

§ 75-k. 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 custody 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;

and

(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 the request of a court of another state, a court of this state

may hold a hearing or enter an order described in subdivision one of

this section.

3. Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under

subdivisions one and two 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 at least until the child

attains eighteen 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.