HB378 Alabama 2012 Session

Under current Alabama law, there is no statutory framework for the recognition of foreign-country money judgments. Instead, recognition is governed under common law by the doctrine of comity

This bill would provide for the Alabama Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgment Act

This bill would codify the doctrine of comity. The bill would provide a court procedure for the enforcement of foreign-country money judgments; address burdens of proof of the parties; revise the grounds for denying recognition of foreign-country money judgments; and establish a statute of limitations for recognition actions

Relating to the legal recognition by Alabama courts of money judgments issued by a foreign country; to provide for the Alabama Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgment Act; to provide for a court procedure for recognizing those judgments; to address burdens of proof of the parties; to revise grounds for denying foreign judgments; and to establish a statute of limitations for recognition of foreign judgments.