Florida National Bank v. Satterfield

EAGLES, Judge.

The Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution requires North Carolina to enforce a judgment rendered in another state, if the judgment is valid under the laws of that state. Boyles v. Boyles, 308 N.C. 488, 302 S.E. 2d 790 (1983); U.S. Const. Art. IV, section 1. A foreign judgment may be collaterally attacked only on the grounds that it was obtained without jurisdiction; that fraud was involved in the judgment’s procurement; or that its enforcement would be against public policy. Fungaroli v. Fungaroli, 53 N.C. App. 270, 280 S.E. 2d 787 (1981). Defendant’s…