If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be taken in the foreign country, 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 sufficient time to prosecute the appeal and has failed to do so.
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 1720
Foreign-Country Money Judgments
Known as the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act
The act spans §§ 1713–1725 (13 sections).
Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 212, Sec. 2
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.