Title 7 — Judiciary and Civil Procedure

This Chapter shall be known as the “Uniform Foreign Money- Judgments Recognition Act of 2014.”

As used in this Chapter: (a) Foreign country means a government other than: (1) the United States; (2) a state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States; or (3) any other government with regard to which the decision in this state as to whether…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (b), this Chapter applies to a foreign-country judgment to the extent that the judgment both: (1) grants or denies recovery of a sum of money; and (2) under the law of the foreign country where rendered, is final, conclusive, and enf…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsections (b) and (c), a court of Guam shall recognize a foreign-country judgment to which this Chapter applies. (b) A court of Guam shall not recognize a foreign-country judgment if any of the following apply: (1) the judgment was rendered u…

(a) A foreign-country judgment shall not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if any of the following apply: (1) the defendant was served with process personally in the foreign country; (2) the defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceeding, other than for t…

Country Money Judgment. (a) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought as an original matter, the issue of recognition shall be raised by filing an action seeking recognition of the foreign-country judgment. (b) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought i…

If the court in a proceeding under § 52106 finds that the foreign-country judgment is entitled to recognition under this Chapter then, to the extent that the foreign-country judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, the foreign-country judgment is: COL7222015 CH 52 TH…

Judgment. If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be taken, the court may stay any proceedings with regard to the foreign-country judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires, or the appellant has had suffici…

An action to recognize a foreign-country judgment must be commenced within the earlier of the time during which the foreign-country judgment is effective in the foreign country or fifteen (15) years from the date that the foreign-country judgment became effective in the foreign c…

In applying and construing this Chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact the “Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.”

The Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act does not prevent the recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign-country judgment not within the scope of that Act. --------- COL7222015