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2006 Minnesota Statutes
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518D.111 TAKING TESTIMONY IN ANOTHER STATE.
(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.
History: 1999 c 74 s 11
(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.
History: 1999 c 74 s 11
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