Florida Statute 55.6055 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 55
JUDGMENTS

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F.S. 55.6055

55.6055 Foreign defamation judgment.—

(1) For the purposes of rendering declaratory relief with respect to a person’s liability for a foreign defamation judgment and determining whether the foreign defamation judgment should be deemed nonrecognizable under s. 55.605, the courts of this state have personal jurisdiction over any person who obtains a judgment in a defamation proceeding outside the United States against any person who:

(a) Is a resident of this state;

(b) Is a person or entity amenable to the jurisdiction of this state;

(d) May have to take action in this state to comply with the judgment.

(2) This section applies to judgments rendered in defamation proceedings outside the United States before, on, or after July 1, 2009.

History.—s. 2, ch. 2009-232.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 55.6055

Level: Degree
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Cases Citing Statute 55.6055

Total Results: 1

Tettamanti v. Opcion Sociedad Anonima

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-07-20

Citation: 67 So. 3d 356, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 11371, 2011 WL 2848625

Snippet: grounds for nonrecognition under sections 55.605 or 55.6055.5 Once recognition has been granted, the judgment