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.)
Uniform Law: This section is based on § 8 of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 15 - Judgments and Executions; Fees and Costs. [Enacted title]
Chapter 3 - Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees
Subchapter II-A - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments
§ 15–364. Standards for recognition of foreign-country judgment
§ 15–365. Personal jurisdiction
§ 15–366. Procedure for recognition of foreign-country judgment
§ 15–367. Effect of recognition of foreign-country judgment
§ 15–368. Stay of proceedings pending appeal of foreign-country judgment
§ 15–369. Statute of limitations