{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-25-1012","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 25-1012","heading":"Cooperation between courts; preservation of records","body":"A. A court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to:\n\n1. Hold an evidentiary hearing.\n\n2. Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state.\n\n3. Order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding.\n\n4. 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.\n\n5. 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.\n\nB. On request of a court of another state, a court of this state may hold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection A.\n\nC. Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under subsections A and B may be assessed against the parties according to the law of this state.\n\nD. 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 years of age. On appropriate request by a court or law enforcement official of another state, the court shall forward a certified copy of those records.","path":["Title 25 Marital and Domestic Relations"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/25/01012.htm","current_through":"2026-09-04","vintage":"2026-08-09","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:49:56Z","sha256":"34e3a1ab9b632159b535fd3895a889608c05ba231f18df58df9938b8e11efc61","source_id":"us-az","stale":true,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-25-1011","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-25-1013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}