Tennessee § 36-6-215 - Request for hearing in, or evidence from another state — Holding hearings or obtaining evidence for other states — Expenses — Preservation of records.

§ 36-6-215. Request for hearing in, or evidence from another state — Holding hearings or obtaining evidence for other states — Expenses — Preservation of records.

A court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to: Hold an evidentiary hearing; Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state; Order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding; 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 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. 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). 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. 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. Acts 1999, ch. 389, § 16. Compiler's Notes. Former part 2, §§ 36-6-201 — 36-6-225 (Acts 1979, ch. 383, §§ 1-25; 1981, ch. 483, § 1; T.C.A., §§ 36-1301 — 36-1325), the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, was repealed and replaced by the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act by Acts 1999, ch. 389, § 1, effective June 14, 1999. For current provisions, see this part. Law Reviews. Six Months or Six Days: When Can You File For Divorce in Tennessee?, 50 Tenn. B.J. 24 (2014).