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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84102</law_id><section_number>64.2-2103</section_number><catch_line>Cooperation between courts</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Fiduciaries and Guardians</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="D">Guardianship of Incapacitated Persons</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="21">Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> In a guardianship or <span class="dictionary">protective proceeding</span> in the Commonwealth, a <span class="dictionary">court</span> in the Commonwealth may request the appropriate <span class="dictionary">court</span> of another <span class="dictionary">state</span> to do any of the following: <a id="paragraph-301394" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2103/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Hold an evidentiary <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>; <a id="paragraph-301395" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2103/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> <span class="dictionary">Order</span> a person in that <span class="dictionary">state</span> to produce <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> or give <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> pursuant to procedures of that <span class="dictionary">state</span>; <a id="paragraph-301396" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2103/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> <span class="dictionary">Order</span> that an evaluation or assessment be made of the <span class="dictionary">respondent</span>; <a id="paragraph-301397" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2103/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> <span class="dictionary">Order</span> any appropriate investigation of a person involved in a proceeding; <a id="paragraph-301398" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2103/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Forward to the <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the Commonwealth a certified copy of the <span class="dictionary">transcript</span> or other <span class="dictionary">record</span> of a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> under subdivision 1 or any other proceeding, any <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> otherwise produced under subdivision 2, and any evaluation or assessment prepared in compliance with an <span class="dictionary">order</span> under subdivision 3 or 4; <a id="paragraph-301399" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2103/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> <span class="dictionary">Issue</span> any <span class="dictionary">order</span> necessary to assure the <span class="dictionary">appearance</span> in the proceeding of a person whose presence is necessary for either <span class="dictionary">court</span> to make a determination, including the <span class="dictionary">respondent</span> or the incapacitated or <span class="dictionary">protected person</span>; and <a id="paragraph-301400" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2103/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> <span class="dictionary">Issue</span> an <span class="dictionary">order</span> authorizing the release of medical, financial, criminal, or other relevant information in that <span class="dictionary">state</span>, including <span class="dictionary">protected health information</span>. <a id="paragraph-301401" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2103/#A7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of another <span class="dictionary">state</span> in which a guardianship or <span class="dictionary">protective proceeding</span> is pending requests assistance of the kind provided in subsection A, a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the Commonwealth has <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> for the limited purpose of granting the request or making reasonable efforts to comply with the request. <a id="paragraph-301402" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-2103/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2011, c. 518, &#xA7; 37.2-1035; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
