403.818 Taking testimony in another state.

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(1)In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a child custody

proceeding 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.

(2)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.

(3)Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court of this state by

technological means that do not produce an original writing shall not be excluded

from evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission.