If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be taken, the court may stay any proceedings with regard to the foreign-country judgment until the:
(1) Appeal is concluded;
(2) Time for appeal expires; or
(3) Appellant has had sufficient time to prosecute the appeal and has failed to do so.
CREDIT(S)
(Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(b), 58 DCR 11186.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Legislative History of Laws
For history of Law 19-86, see notes under § 15-361.
Uniform Law:
This section is based on § 8 of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act. See Vol. 13, Part II, Uniform Laws Annotated, Master Edition or ULA Database on Westlaw.