Stay pending appeal

If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be taken, the court may stay the proceedings with regard to the foreign-country judgment until the time for appeal expires or the appellant has had sufficient time to prosecute the appeal and has failed to do so. (Ga. L. 1975, p. 479, § 6; Code 1981, § 9-12-117, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 2-1/SB 65.) The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, redesignated former Code Section 9-12-116 as present Code Section 9-12-117, and rewrote the Code section, which formerly read: ‘‘If the defendant satisfies the court either that an appeal is pending or that he is entitled and intends to appeal from the foreign judgment, the court may stay the proceedings until the appeal has been determined or until the expiration of a period of time sufficient to enable the defendant to prosecute the appeal.’’ See editor’s note for applicability.