Dawson v. Sonju, 2025 Pa. Super. LEXIS 370 (August 13, 2025) Dubow, J.
Judges: BEFORE: STABILE, J., DUBOW, J., and SULLIVAN, J.
This case involves motions to strike and/or open to foreign judgments pursuant to the uniform act. This case is a good explanation of the act and how it works. A petition to strike a judgment is a common law proceeding which operates as a demurrer to the record. This case presents a question of statutory interpretation over which our standard of review is. De Nove and the scope of the view is plenary under the UEFJA the court presumed that the foreign judgment was entered by a “with jurisdiction” and there was no violation of due process. That is a presumption.
In cases involving domesticated foreign judgments, § 5529 phrase “entry of judgment” refers to entry of the new domesticated judgment in Pennsylvania, rather than the entry of the original judgment in the foreign state. Any argument to the contrary is rejected. The Superior Court affirmed the trial court’s conclusion that the relevant entries of judgment in the instant case or the January 2024 entry of judgment in Montgomery County such that Appellee’s praecipes for writ of execution filed the same date did not violate § 5529’s 20-year limitation for execution of judgments.
