Stay of proceedings pending appeal of foreign-country judgment. 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. (Feb. 24, 2012, D.C. Law 19-86, § 2(b), 58 DCR 11186.) Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based on § 8 of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
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