3B:12B-7 Cooperation between courts.
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7. Cooperation between courts.
a. In a guardianship or protective proceeding, a court of this State may request the appropriate court of another state to do any of the following:
(1)hold an evidentiary hearing;
(2)order a person in that state to produce evidence or give testimony pursuant to procedures of that state;
(3)order that an evaluation or assessment be made of the respondent;
(4)order any appropriate investigation of a person involved in a proceeding;
(5)forward to the court of this State a certified copy of the transcript or other record of a hearing under paragraph
(1)or any other proceeding, any evidence otherwise produced under paragraph (2), and any evaluation or assessment prepared in compliance with an order under paragraph
(3)or (4);
(6)issue any order necessary to assure the appearance in the proceeding of a person whose presence is necessary for the court to make a determination, including the respondent or the incapacitated or protected person; and
(7)issue an order authorizing the release of medical, financial, criminal, or other relevant information in that state, including protected health information which meets federal and state laws.
b. If a court of another state in which a guardianship or protective proceeding is pending requests assistance of the kind provided in subsection a., a court of this State has jurisdiction for the limited purpose of granting the request or making reasonable efforts to comply with the request.
L.2012, c.36, s.7.