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PART 3. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE 1063-1822.60›TITLE 11. MONEY JUDGMENTS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS 1710.10-1741›CHAPTER 2. Foreign-Country Money Judgments 1713-1725

§ 1720

California Code of Civil Procedure · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be taken in the foreign country, the court may stay any proceedings with regard to the foreign-country judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires, or the appellant has had sufficient time to prosecute the appeal and has failed to do so.

(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 212, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)

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