Mississippi Code 1972 (2023)
Title 93 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 93-1-1 — 93-31-7)
Chapter 27 - UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT (§§ 93-27-101 — 93-27-402)
Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 93-27-101 — 93-27-112)
Section 93-27-112 - Cooperation between courts; preservation of records

• (1) A court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to:
  • (a) Hold an evidentiary hearing;
  • (b) Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state;
  • (c) Order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding;
  • (d) Forward to the court of this state 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
  • (e) 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.

• (2) Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this state may hold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection (1).

• (3) Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under subsections (1) and (2) may be assessed against the parties according to the law of this state.

• (4) A court of this state 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 eighteen (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.

Laws, 2004, ch. 519, § 12, eff. 7/1/2004.