(735 ILCS 5/12-664) Sec. 12-664. Standards for recognition of foreign-country judgment. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), a court of this State shall recognize a foreign-country judgment to which this Act applies. (b) A court of this State may not recognize a foreign-country judgment if: (1) the judgment was rendered under a judicial |
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(2) the foreign court did not have personal
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(3) the foreign court did not have jurisdiction over
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(c) A court of this State need not recognize a foreign-country judgment if:
(1) the defendant in the proceeding in the foreign
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(2) the judgment was obtained by fraud that deprived
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(3) the judgment or the cause of action on which the
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(4) the judgment conflicts with another final and
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(5) the proceeding in the foreign court was contrary
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(6) in the case of jurisdiction based only on
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(7) the judgment was rendered in circumstances that
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(8) the specific proceeding in the foreign court
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(d) A party resisting recognition of a foreign-country judgment has the burden of establishing that a ground for nonrecognition stated in subsection (b) or (c) exists.
(Source: P.A. 97-140, eff. 1-1-12.)
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