The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 15 : Domestic Relations

Chapter 020 : Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

Subchapter 001 : GENERAL PROVISIONS

• § 1070. Cooperation between courts; preservation of records

  (a) A Vermont court 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 Vermont court 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 Vermont court may hold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection (a) of this section.

  (c) Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under subsections (a) and (b) of this section may be assessed against the parties according to Vermont law.

  (d) A Vermont court 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. (Added 2011, No. 29, § 1.)