PRACTICE MANAGEMENT ASSOC. INC. v. Thurston

Plaintiff, Practice Management Associates, Inc., appeals from an interlocutory order of the circuit court of Lake County which granted the motion of defendant, Gregory Thurston, to stay the proceedings regarding plaintiff’s petition to register a foreign judgment. Plaintiff raises three issues on appeal: (1) whether the trial court’s ruling contravenes the purpose of the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 110, pars. 12—601 through 12—617); (2) whether the trial court properly stayed proceedings regarding its petition where defendant did not raise, as…