Guam § 39112 - Cooperation Between Courts; Preservation of Records.

§ 39112. Cooperation Between Courts; Preservation of Records.

(a) A court of Guam 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 Guam 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 Guam may hold

a hearing or enter an order described in Subsection (a).

(c) Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under

Subsections (a) and (b) may be assessed against the parties according to the

laws of Guam.

(d) The Superior Court of Guam 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.

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