78B-13-110 - Communication between courts.
78B-13-110. Communication between courts.
(1) A court of this state may communicate with a court in another state concerning aproceeding arising under this chapter.
(2) The court may allow the parties to participate in the communication. If the parties arenot able to participate in the communication, the parties shall be given the opportunity to presentfacts and legal arguments before a decision on jurisdiction is made.
(3) A communication between courts on schedules, calendars, court records, and similarmatters may occur without informing the parties. A record need not be made of thatcommunication.
(4) Except as provided in Subsection (3), a record shall be made of the communication. The parties shall be informed promptly of the communication and granted access to the record.
(5) For the purposes of this section, "record" means information that is inscribed on atangible medium or that which is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable inperceivable form. A record includes notes or transcripts of a court reporter who listened to aconference call between the courts, an electronic recording of a telephone call, a memorandum oran electronic record of the communication between the courts, or a memorandum or an electronicrecord made by a court after the communication.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session