Cooperación entre tribunales de diferentes estados

Explicación Simple

Esta ley permite que un tribunal en Colorado pida ayuda a otro tribunal en otro estado para resolver casos de custodia de niños. Por ejemplo, puede pedir que se escuche a alguien o que se entreguen pruebas para decidir lo mejor para el niño.

Es como cuando un grupo de amigos se ayuda entre sí para planear una fiesta. Si uno no puede hacer algo, le pide a otro amigo que lo haga para que todo salga bien.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan vive en Colorado y su exesposa, María, se mudó a California con su hijo. Si Juan necesita que el tribunal en California escuche a un testigo sobre la custodia, el tribunal de Colorado puede pedir ayuda a California para que eso suceda.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

C.R.S. 14-13-112 – Cooperation between courts (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 or allocation of parental responsibilities with respect to 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) of this section. (3) Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under subsections (1) and (2) of this section 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.