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Utah Code § 78B-5-452: Applicability.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 78B Judicial Code
  2. Chapter 78B-5 Trial, Judgment, and Appeal
  3. Part 78B-5-4a Uniform Foreign-country Money Judgments Recognition Act

(1) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (2), this part applies to a foreign-country judgment to the extent that the judgment:

(a) grants or denies the recovery of a sum of money; and

(b) under the law of the foreign country where rendered, is final, conclusive, and enforceable.

(2) This part does not apply to a foreign-country judgment, even if the judgment grants or denies the recovery of a sum of money, to the extent that the judgment is:

(a) a judgment for taxes;

(b) a fine or other penalty; or

(c) a judgment for divorce, support, or maintenance, or other judgment rendered in connection with domestic relations.

(3) A party seeking recognition of a foreign-country judgment has the burden of establishing that this part applies to the foreign-country judgment.

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