Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1131 (2026)

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UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT


Act 20 of 2008


691.1131 Short title.

Sec. 1.

    This act shall be known and may be cited as the "uniform foreign-country money judgments recognition act".

History: 2008, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 2008

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2010–2026 · leading case: United Steelworkers, Local 1-1000 v. Forestply Indus., Inc., 702 F. Supp. 2d 798 (W.D. Mich. 2010).
United Steelworkers, Local 1-1000 v. Forestply Indus., Inc., 702 F. Supp. 2d 798 (W.D. Mich. 2010). · cites it 2× “(“Forestply”), Neil Jorgensen, and Quay Jorgensen seeking enforcement of arbitration awards and judgments obtained pursuant to Canadian law under the Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act, Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1131 et seq. (“FCMJRA”).”
Smita Upadhyay v. Vivek Prashant Dwivedi (Mich. Ct. App. 2021). “” 4 The Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act, MCL 691.1131 et seq., by its own terms, does not apply to divorce judgments.”
Margosivili Muhmad Ahmadovic v. Goran Petkovic (Mich. Ct. App. 2026). “These consolidated appeals arise from the same case involving plaintiff’s attempt to have a foreign judgment domesticated under Michigan’s Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act (UFCMJRA), MCL 691.1131 et seq. In Docket No. 369928, defendant appeals as of right…”
Allianz Suisse Versicherungs-Gesellschaft v. Miller, 24 F. Supp. 3d 670 (W.D. Mich. 2014). “§ 691.1131 et seq. In particular, Allianz seeks to enforce a Judgment it obtained' against Miller in the District Court of Zurich, Switzerland on March 29, 2010.”
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