SEBASTIAN RICCIARDI LIMA
v.
INTERMARINE INVESTMENTS, LLC
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A foreign judgment is entitled to comity recognition in Florida when the parties received notice and opportunity to be heard, the foreign court had original jurisdiction, and the judgment does not offend Florida public policy.
[1] A foreign decree is entitled to recognition and enforcement under comity principles in Florida when: (1) the parties received notice and opportunity to be heard; (2) the…
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“In Florida, recognition of international final foreign judgments is governed by statute, while general principles of comity allow for the discretionary enforcement of certain interlocutory rulings.”
Standard for enforcing foreign judgments in Florida
Sebastian Ricciardi Lima and others appealed a circuit court decision in Miami-Dade County regarding the recognition and enforcement of a foreign judg…
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Mark Migdal & Hayden and Donald J. Hayden and Maia Aron, for appellees. Before SCALES, MILLER and LOBREE, JJ. PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Amezcua v. Cortez, 314 So. 3d 666, 669 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021) (“In Florida, recognition of international final foreign judgments is governed by statute, while general principles of comity allow for the discretionary enforcement of certain interlocutory rulings.”); Cochrane v. Nwandu, 855 So. 2d 1276, 1277 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003) (stating that “a foreign decree is entitled to comity where (1) the parties have been given notice and the opportunity to be heard, (2) where the foreign court had original jurisdiction, and (3) where the foreign decree does not offend the public policy of the State of Florida”).
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