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 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.(Act 2012-470, p. 1296, §8.)
Alabama Legal Code
Section 6-9-257 - Stay of Proceedings on Appeal
Source: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=6-9-257· Version 2026