UNIFORM FOREIGN-COUNTRY MONEY JUDGMENTS RECOGNITION ACT (2005)

PURPOSE:
This Act revises the Uniform Foreign Money Judgments Recognition Act of 1962, which simplified international business by recognizing money judgments obtained in other nations for the purpose of enforcement. This revision updates the 1962 Act, clarifying its provisions, and correcting problems created by the interpretation of provisions of that Act by the courts over the years since its promulgation.

ORIGIN:
Completed by the Uniform Law Commissioners in 2005.

For any further information regarding this Act, please contact
Kieran Marion or Katie Robinson at 312-450-6600.