(112) Cooperation between courts - Preservation of records
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-14.1-11
in effect14-14.1-11. (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 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.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t14c14-1.pdf#nameddest=14-14p1-11Fetched: 10/16/2026