Definitions

As used in this article, the term: (1) ‘‘Foreign country’’ means a government other than: (A) The United States; (B) Any state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States; or (C) Any other government with regard to which the decision in this state as to whether to recognize a judgment of such government’s court is initially subject to determination under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution. (2) ‘‘Foreign-country judgment’’ means any judgment of a court of a foreign country. (Ga. L. 1975, p. 479, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 2-1/SB 65.) The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, added present paragraph (1); redesignated former paragraph (1) as present paragraph (2) and substituted the present provisions for the former, which read: ‘‘ ‘Foreign judgment’ means any judgment of a foreign state granting or denying recovery of a sum of money other than a judgment for taxes, a fine or other penalty, or a judgment for support in matrimonial or family matters.’’; and deleted former paragraph (2), which read: ‘‘(2) ‘Foreign state’ means any governmental unit other than: ‘‘(A) The United States; ‘‘(B) Any state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States; or ‘‘(C) The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.’’ See editor’s note for applicability.