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(a) A court of this State may request the appropriate court of another State to:
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(1) hold an evidentiary hearing;
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(2) order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that State;
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(3) order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding;
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(4) 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
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(5) 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.
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(b) Upon request of a court of another State, a court of this State may hold a hearing or enter an order described in subsection (a).
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(c) Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under subsections (a) and (b) may be assessed against the parties according to the law of this State.
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(d) 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 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.