Legal Opinion
Giarratano v. Glickman
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 3, 1998No. A98A0740PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMurray, Presiding Judge.
Elena Giarratano obtained a default judgment in New York against her half-brother, Mark Glickman, for breach of his promise to repay a $10,000 personal loan. She then sought to domesticate the judgment in Gwinnett County, Georgia, pursuant to OCGA § 9-12-130 et seq. Glickman moved to set aside the judgment pursuant to OCGA §§ 9-12-132 and 9-11-60 (d) (1), alleging the New York court lacked personal jurisdiction over him. The trial court granted Glickman’s motion, and Giarratano appeals. Held:
When suit is brought to domesticate a foreign judgment, the judgment may be…
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