Title 19, Chapter 9, Section 50
( 19-9-50)
(a) 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. (b) 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. (c) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court
of this state by technological means that do not produce an original
writing may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on
the means of transmission. |