§ 34-54-11-4 — Staying enforcement of a foreign judgment

Indiana § 34-54-11-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 34: CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE
• Art. 54: JUDGMENTS
• Ch. 11: Enforcement of Foreign Judgments

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(a) If the judgment debtor shows the court
with whose clerk the foreign judgment is filed:
(1) that:
(A) an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending;
(B) an appeal from the foreign judgment will be taken; or
(C) a stay of execution of the foreign judgment has been
granted; and
(2) that the judgment debtor has furnished the security, if any, for
the judgment required under the jurisdiction in which the foreign
judgment was rendered;
the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment until the
appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires, or the stay of
execution expires or is vacated.
(b) If:
(1) the judgment debtor shows the court grounds upon which
enforcement of a judgment of a court of Indiana would be stayed;
and
(2) the judgment debtor gives the court security for the judgment
debt;
the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment for the same
period as would be appropriate to stay enforcement for a similar
judgment by an Indiana court.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.40-2003, SEC.2.