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O.C.G.A. § 9-12-119 — Situations not covered by article | Georgia Code

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TITLE 9 CIVIL PRACTICE

Section 12. Verdict and Judgment, 9-12-1 through 9-12-138.

ARTICLE 5 UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT

9-12-119. Situations not covered by article.

This article does not prevent the recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign-country judgment not within the scope of this article.

(Ga. L. 1975, p. 479, § 7; Code 1981, §9-12-119, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2015, p. 996, § 2-1/SB 65.)

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, redesignated former Code Section 9-12-117 as present Code Section 9-12-119, and substituted "under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign-country judgment not within the scope of" for "of a foreign judgment in situations not covered by". See editor's note for applicability.

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, § 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

C.J.S.

- 50 C.J.S., Judgments, § 1273 et seq.

U.L.A.

- Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act (U.L.A.) § 7.

ALR.

- Conclusiveness of decision of sister state on a contested hearing as to its own jurisdiction, 52 A.L.R. 740.

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