Sec. 46b-115i. Taking testimony in another state.
Sec. 46b-115i. Taking testimony in another state. (a) In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a child custody proceeding, guardian ad litem or
legal representative of the child may offer testimony of witnesses who are located in
another state, including testimony of the parties and the child, by deposition or other
means allowable in this state for testimony taken in another state. The court on its own
motion may order that the testimony of a person be taken in another state and may
prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the testimony is taken.
(b) A court of this state may permit an individual residing in another state to be
deposed or to testify by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means before
a designated court or at another location in that state. A court of this state shall cooperate
with courts of other states in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or
testimony.
(c) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court of this state by
technological means that do not produce an original writing may not be excluded from
evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission.
(P.A. 99-185, S. 10, 40.)
History: P.A. 99-185 effective July 1, 2000.