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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\n\nA court of this Commonwealth 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 Commonwealth shall cooperate with courts of other states in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.C\n\nDocumentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court of this Commonwealth 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.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":199232,"text":"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 Commonwealth for testimony taken in another state. 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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 229 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 305<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":179231,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54269,"identifier":"20-146.10","token":"20\/7.1\/1\/20-146.10","url":"\/20-146.10\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-146.10\/","token":"20\/7.1\/1\/20-146.10","dublin_core":{"Title":"Taking testimony in another state","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-146.10","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> In addition to other procedures available to a party<\/span>, a party<\/span> to a child custody<\/span> proceeding may offer testimony<\/span> of witnesses who are located in another state, including testimony<\/span> of the parties and the child, by deposition<\/span> or other means allowable in this Commonwealth for testimony<\/span> taken in another state. The court<\/span> on its own motion<\/span> may order<\/span> that the testimony<\/span> of a person be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the testimony<\/span> is taken. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A court<\/span> of this Commonwealth 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<\/span> or at another location in that state. A court<\/span> of this Commonwealth shall cooperate with courts<\/span> of other states in designating an appropriate location for the deposition<\/span> or testimony<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Documentary evidence<\/span> transmitted from another state to a court<\/span> of this Commonwealth by technological means that do not produce an original writing may not be excluded from evidence<\/span> on an objection based on the means of transmission. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTAKING TESTIMONY IN ANOTHER STATE (\u00a7 20-146.10)\n\nA. In addition to other procedures available to a party, a party to a child\ncustody proceeding may offer testimony of witnesses who are located in another\nstate, including testimony of the parties and the child, by deposition or other\nmeans allowable in this Commonwealth for testimony taken in another state. The\ncourt on its own motion may order that the testimony of a person be taken in\nanother state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the\ntestimony is taken.\n\nB. A court of this Commonwealth may permit an individual residing in another\nstate to be deposed or to testify by telephone, audiovisual means, or other\nelectronic means before a designated court or at another location in that state.\nA court of this Commonwealth shall cooperate with courts of other states in\ndesignating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.\n\nC. Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court of this\nCommonwealth by technological means that do not produce an original writing may\nnot be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the means of\ntransmission.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 229, \u00a7 20-141; 2001, c. 305.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}