New Hampshire § 458-A-11 - Section 458-A:11 Cooperation Between Courts; Preservation of Records.

§ 458-A-11. Section 458-A:11 Cooperation Between Courts; Preservation of Records.

I. 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. II. Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this state may hold a hearing or enter an order described in paragraph I. III. Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under paragraphs I and II may be assessed against the parties according to the law of this state. IV. 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 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.