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. (1) Appeal is concluded;
2. (2) Time for appeal expires; or
3. (3) Appellant has had sufficient time to prosecute the appeal and has failed to do so.

History

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.