§ 25-1347.Saving clause.

Article 13: Judgments · Last amended 2021 · Last verified July 22, 2026

In one sentenceThis section makes clear that the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act does not stop Nebraska courts from recognizing, through comity or other means, a foreign-country judgment that falls outside the Act’s own scope.

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The Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act does not

prevent the recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign- country judgment not within the scope of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.

Source

Laws 2021, LB501, § 11.

Plain-English Summary

Not every foreign judgment fits within the Recognition Act. The Act reaches judgments granting or denying recovery of a sum of money, and it excludes several categories outright — judgments for taxes, fines, family-law support, and a handful of others addressed earlier in the statute. Section 25-1347 makes sure that exclusion doesn’t leave those judgments with no path to recognition at all.

The saving clause preserves whatever recognition avenue already existed outside the Act — recognition under principles of comity, for instance, or any other doctrine Nebraska courts have used for foreign judgments that don’t qualify under this statute. The Act adds a structured procedure for the judgments it covers; it doesn’t take away whatever informal or common-law recognition route existed for the judgments it leaves out.

Frequently Asked Questions

If my foreign judgment doesn’t fit the Recognition Act, is it automatically unenforceable in Nebraska?

No. Section 25-1347 confirms the Act doesn’t block recognition of such a judgment under comity or any other basis that existed apart from the Act.

What does “comity” mean in this context?

It refers to a court’s discretionary recognition of another jurisdiction’s judgment out of respect for that jurisdiction, separate from the structured statutory procedure the Recognition Act creates.

Does the saving clause expand what the Act itself covers?

No. It leaves the Act’s scope where it is and preserves other, non-Act paths to recognition for judgments the Act doesn’t reach.

Why would a judgment fall outside the Recognition Act in the first place?

The Act excludes certain categories, such as judgments for taxes, fines, or family-law support, from its coverage; a judgment in one of those categories would need a different route to recognition.

Does section 25-1347 guarantee that a non-Act judgment will be recognized?

No. It only preserves the possibility of recognition through comity or another existing basis; whether recognition is granted still depends on that separate doctrine.

Source & verification. Section text and the amendment-history citation are reproduced verbatim from the Nebraska Legislature, Revisor of Statutes, enacted by the Nebraska Legislature. Last verified July 22, 2026. · Official source

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