O.C.G.A. § 9-12-117 (2019)
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.
History
(Ga. L. 1975, p. 479, § 6; Code 1981, § 9-12-117, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 2-1/SB 65.)
Annotations
Editor’s notes. - Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 1-1/SB 65, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘(a) This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Debtor Creditor Uniform Law Modernization Act of 2015.’ ‘‘(b) To promote consistency among the states, it is the intent of the General Assembly to modernize certain existing uniform laws promulgated by the Uniform Law Commission affecting debtor and creditor rights, responsibilities, and relationships and other federally recognized
laws affecting such rights, responsibilities, and relationships.’’ Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 2-1, effective July 1, 2015, redesignated former Code Section 9-12-117 as present Code Section
Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 7-1/SB 65, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part: ‘‘Part 2 of this Act shall apply to all actions filed on or after July 1, 2015, in which the recognition of a foreign country judgment is raised.’’
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 5 Am. Jur. 2d, Appellate Review, § 398 et seq. 47 Am. Jur. 2d, Judgments, §§ 775, 776. C.J.S. - 50 C.J.S., Judgments, § 850.
U.L.A. - Money-Judgments (U.L.A.) § 6.
Uniform Foreign Recognition Act