California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1720

CA Civ Pro Code § 1720 (2017)  

If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be taken in the foreign country, the court may stay any proceedings with regard to the foreign-country judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires, or the appellant has had sufficient time to prosecute the appeal and has failed to do so.

(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 212, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018