MCL - Act 20 of 2008
AN ACT to revise the standards under which courts of this state recognize foreign money judgments; to establish procedures for the recognition of foreign money judgments; to limit the time within which an action to enforce a foreign money judgment may be commenced; to make uniform the law relating to the enforcement of foreign money judgments; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
History: 2008, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 2008
| Document | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Section 691.1131 | Section | Short title. |
| Section 691.1132 | Section | Definitions. |
| Section 691.1133 | Section | Applicability of act; scope. |
| Section 691.1134 | Section | Foreign-country judgment; recognition by court; burden for establishing ground for nonrecognition. |
| Section 691.1135 | Section | Lack of personal jurisdiction; refusal of recognition prohibited; conditions; bases. |
| Section 691.1136 | Section | Recognition of foreign-country judgment; raising action as original matter; raising action by counterclaim, cross-claim, or affirmative defense. |
| Section 691.1137 | Section | Foreign-country judgment; findings. |
| Section 691.1138 | Section | Appeal; stay of proceedings. |
| Section 691.1139 | Section | Recognition of foreign-country judgment; commencement of action. |
| Section 691.1140 | Section | Applicability and construction of act; promotion of uniformity of law. |
| Section 691.1141 | Section | Recognition of foreign-country judgment under principles of comity. |
| Section 691.1142 | Section | Applicability of act. |
| Section 691.1143 | Section | Repeal of MCL 691.1151 to 691.1159. |