Montana Code Annotated

Mont. Code Ann. § 25-9-602 (2026)

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TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 9. JUDGMENT

Part 6. Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act

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25-9-602. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:

(1) "Foreign country" means a government other than:

(a) the United States;

(b) a state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States; or

(c) any other government with regard to which the decision in this state as to whether to recognize a judgment of that government's courts is initially subject to determination under the full faith and credit clause of the United States constitution.

(2) "Foreign-country judgment" means any judgment of a foreign country.

History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 441, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 176, L. 2009.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1995–1998 · leading case: In Re Marriage of Skillen, 1998 MT 43 (Mont. 1998).

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In Re Marriage of Skillen, 1998 MT 43 (Mont. 1998). · cites it 20× “Section 25-9-602(1), MCA."). But see Desjarlait v.”

Support Obligation of Day v. State, 900 P.2d 296 (Mont. 1995). · cites it 6× “Section 25-9-602(1), MCA. Hence, the Recognition Act is not applicable, and the District Court was incorrect in applying its provisions in the instant case.”

Anderson v. Engelke, 1998 MT 24 (Mont. 1998). · cites it 8× “” Section 25-9-602(1), MCA(1995). A“foreign state”is “any governmental unit other than the United States or any state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession thereof or the Panama Canal Zone, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or the Ryukyu Islands.”

— Mont. Code Ann. § 25-9-602(1) — 3 cases

In Re Marriage of Skillen, 1998 MT 43 (Mont. 1998). “Section 25-9-602(1), MCA."). But see Desjarlait v.”

Support Obligation of Day v. State, 900 P.2d 296 (Mont. 1995). “Section 25-9-602(1), MCA. Hence, the Recognition Act is not applicable, and the District Court was incorrect in applying its provisions in the instant case.”

Anderson v. Engelke, 1998 MT 24 (Mont. 1998). “” Section 25-9-602(1), MCA(1995). A“foreign state”is “any governmental unit other than the United States or any state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession thereof or the Panama Canal Zone, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or the Ryukyu Islands.”

— Mont. Code Ann. § 25-9-602(2) — 3 cases

In Re Marriage of Skillen, 1998 MT 43 (Mont. 1998). “Section 25-9-602(1), MCA."). But see Desjarlait v.”

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