23 Pa.C.S. § 5412 – Cooperation between courts; preservation of records

(a) Assistance of another state.— A court of this Commonwealth may request the appropriate court of another state to:
1. (1) hold an evidentiary hearing;
2. (2) order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state;
3. (3) order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding;
4. (4) forward to the court of this Commonwealth 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. (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) Assistance to another state.— Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this Commonwealth may hold a hearing, enter an order or forward transcripts, evidence and evaluations described in subsection (a).
(c) Expenses.— Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under subsections (a) and (b) may be assessed against the parties according to the laws of this Commonwealth.
(d) Preservation of records.— A court of this Commonwealth 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.
Cross References. Section 5412 is referred to in section 5203 of this title.