FCA § 580-318

Assistance with discovery

§ 580-318. Assistance with discovery. A tribunal of this state may:

1. request a tribunal outside this state to assist in obtaining discovery; and

2. upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside this state.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/FCT/580-318

In plain English

A NY tribunal may request discovery help from an outside tribunal and, on request, compel a person within its jurisdiction to respond to an outside tribunal's discovery order.

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 5 — The JG-22 Family Court Act and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.