Ind. Code § 31-21-4-8

Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 31-21-4-8 - Request by an Indiana court to a court in another state

An Indiana court may request the appropriate court of another state to do the following:

(1) Hold an evidentiary hearing.
(2) Order a person to produce or give evidence under the procedures of the other 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 Indiana court:
(A) a certified copy of the transcript of the record of the hearing;
(B) the evidence otherwise presented; and
(C) an evaluation prepared in compliance with the request.
(5) Order:
(A) a party to a child custody proceeding; or
(B) any person having physical custody of the child;

to appear in the proceeding with or without the child.

IC 31-21-4-8

As added by P.L. 138-2007, SEC.45.