3.__Exclusion of documentary evidence.__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.

Uniform Comment

No substantive changes have been made to subsection (a) [Me. cite subsection 1] which was Section 18 of the UCCJA.

Subsections (b) and (c) [Me. cite subsections 2 and 3] merely provide that modern modes of communication are permissible in the taking of testimony and the transmittal of documents. See UIFSA § 316.

§1742.__Cooperation between courts; preservation of records

1.__Request to court of another state.__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.__Hearing or order upon request by court of another state.__ 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.__Assessment of expenses.__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.