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B.__The foreign court did not have personal jurisdiction over
the defendant; or

 
C.__The foreign court did not have jurisdiction over the
subject matter.

 
2.__Foreign judgment not recognized.__A foreign judgment need
not be recognized if:

 
A.__The defendant in the proceedings in the foreign court
did not receive notice of the proceedings in sufficient time
to enable the defendant to defend;

 
B.__The judgment was obtained by fraud;

 
C.__The cause of action or claim for relief on which the
judgment is based is repugnant to the public policy of this
State;

 
D.__The judgment conflicts with another final and conclusive
judgment;

 
E.__The proceeding in the foreign court was contrary to an
agreement between the parties under which the dispute in
question was to be settled otherwise than by proceedings in
that court; or

 
F.__In the case of jurisdiction based only on personal
service, the foreign court was a seriously inconvenient
forum for the trial of the action.

 
§8506.__Jurisdiction

 
1.__Foreign judgment not refused for lack of personal
jurisdiction.__The foreign judgment may not be refused
recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if:

 
A.__The defendant was served personally in the foreign
state;

 
B.__The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceedings,
other than for the purpose of protecting property seized or
threatened with seizure in the proceedings or of contesting
the jurisdiction of the court;

 
C.__The defendant prior to the commencement of the
proceedings had agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the
foreign court with respect to the subject matter involved;

 
D.__The defendant was domiciled in the foreign state when the
proceedings were instituted or, being a body corporate,


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