(1) A foreign-country
judgment may not be refused recognition for lack of personal
jurisdiction if:
(a) The defendant was served with process personally in the
foreign country;
(b) The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceeding,
other than for the purpose of protecting property seized or
threatened with seizure in the proceeding or of contesting the
jurisdiction of the court over the defendant;
(c) The defendant, before the commencement of the
proceeding, 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 country when
the proceeding was instituted or was a corporation or other form
of business organization that had its principal place of business
in, or was organized under the laws of, the foreign country;
(e) The defendant had a business office in the foreign
country and the proceeding in the foreign court involved a cause
of action arising out of business done by the defendant through
that office in the foreign country; or
(f) The defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in
the foreign country and the proceeding involved a cause of action
arising out of that operation.
(2) The list of bases for personal jurisdiction in
subsection (1) of this section is not exclusive. The courts of
this state may recognize bases of personal jurisdiction other
than those listed in subsection (1) of this section as sufficient
to support a foreign-country judgment.
[2009 c 363 § 5.]