Oregon Affidavit in Support of Filing Foreign Judgment

Generally, U.S. judgments cannot be enforced in a foreign country without first being recognized by a court in that foreign country.It can generally be said that non-default judgments not involving tort claims or punitive damages are more likely to be enforced.

Generally, a "foreign judgment" is one that is rendered in another state or country that is judicially distinct from the state where collection of the judgment is sought. Before a foreign judgment can be enforced, certain requirements must be met.

The "recognition" of a foreign judgment occurs when the court of one country or jurisdiction accepts a judicial decision made by the courts of another "foreign" country or jurisdiction, and issues a judgment in substantially identical terms without rehearing the substance of the original lawsuit.

Hence, a decree passed by a superior court of a foreign country cannot be enforced in India if it contravenes an earlier conclusive judgment passed by a competent court in a suit between the same parties, as it is enforced as a domestic decree.

Canadian courts start from the general proposition that neither foreign nor domestic judgments will be enforced if obtained by fraud.85 In Beals, the Supreme Court identified two types of fraud that provide a defence to enforcement: fraud going to jurisdiction and fraud going to the merits.

A foreign judgment cannot be enforced in the US before being recognised by a US court. The 1962 and 2005 Model Acts deal with the recognition of judgments.

This involves obtaining a certified copy of the original judgment and filing it with the local court along with a number of other documents detailing the terms of the judgment and notifying the debtor of the domestication.