78B-13-111 - Taking testimony in another state.
78B-13-111. Taking testimony in another state.
(1) In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a child custodyproceeding may offer testimony of witnesses who are located in another state, includingtestimony of the parties and the child, by deposition or other means allowable in this state fortestimony taken in another state. The court on its own motion may order that the testimony of aperson be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms uponwhich the testimony is taken.
(2) A court of this state may permit an individual residing in another state to be deposedor to testify by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means before a designated courtor at another location in that state. A court of this state shall cooperate with courts of other statesin designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.
(3) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court of this state bytechnological means that do not produce an original writing may not be excluded from evidenceon an objection based on the means of transmission.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session