Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-551-112: Cooperation between courts; preservation of records

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.